The Effect of Thickness on Electrical Conductivity and Optical Constant of Fe2O3 Thin Films | ||
| Ibn Al-Haitham Journal For Pure And Applied Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 27, Issue 3, December 2014, Pages 237-246 | ||
| Author | ||
| Bushra K. H. Al-Maiyaly | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In this research the electrical conductivity and optical measurements were made on the Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) films prepared by chemical spray pyrolysis method as a function of thickness (250, 350, 450, and 550) 20 nm. The measurements of electrical conductivity (σ), activation energies (Ea1, Ea2),and optical constant such as absorption coefficient, refractive index, extinction coefficient and the dielectric constants for the wavelengths in the range (300-900) nm have been investigated on (Fe2O3) thin films as a function of thickness. All films contain two types of transport mechanisms, and the electrical conductivity (σ) increases whereas the activation energy (Ea) would decrease as the films thickness increases. The optical measurement shows that the Fe2O3films have a direct energy gap, and they in general increase with the increase of thickness. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Iron Oxide; electrical conductivity; Optical Constant; chemical spray pyrolysis | ||
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