Effects of annealing conditions on sol-gel dip coated β-Ga2O3 thin films Online publication date: Wed, 27-Jul-2022
by M.A. Ab Hamid; Z. Hassan; S.S. Ng
International Journal of Nanotechnology (IJNT), Vol. 19, No. 2/3/4/5, 2022
Abstract: In this paper, the effects of different annealing conditions on the structural surface morphology and optical properties of the grown β-Ga2O3 thin films on p-Si (100) substrates via sol-gel dip-coating are reported in detail. The pre-treatment at 500°C after each dipping has led to better adhesion of sol-gel solution on the substrates. XRD measurements confirm the appearance of the crystalline monoclinic phase of β-Ga2O3. FESEM microscopy and AFM observations show that crack free and densely packed grains morphology of β-Ga2O3 thin films were formed. FTIR measurements demonstrated that the reflectivity spectra of β-Ga2O3 thin films are the highest at the annealing temperature of 900°C. EDX spectroscopy revealed an increasing Ga/O ratio with an increasing nitrogen flow rate up to 300 sccm. UV-vis-NIR plots showed that the band gap of β-Ga2O3 thin films could be tuned when annealed in air and varying N2 gas flow rate. Finally, all the results revealed that the best annealing conditions for the β-Ga2O3 thin films are 900°C at 60 min with 300 sccm nitrogen gas flow.
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