Journal of Ultrafine Grained and Nanostructured Materials

Journal of Ultrafine Grained and Nanostructured Materials

Effect of hydrogen peroxide on crystalline orientation and optoelectrical properties of aluminum-doped zinc oxide prepared by chemical bath deposition

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Parvin Asen 1
Maryam Heidariramsheh 2
Parvin Abachi 3
Nima Taghavinia 4
1 Department of Nano Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology, Amol University of Special Modern Technologies, Amol 46158-63111, Iran
2 School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11155-4563, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Avenue, Tehran, 14588, Iran
4 Nanoparticles and Coatings Lab, Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 14588, Iran
10.22059/jufgnsm.2025.02.10
Abstract
The current work demonstrates the growth of aluminum-doped ZnO (AZO) hexagonal rods vertically aligned on soda-lime glass (SLG) via the chemical bath deposition (CBD) method. The controlling crystalline orientation was performed using hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) accompanied by C6H17N3O7 as growth controlling agents (CAs). The results showed that the presence of H2O2 significantly promoted (002) plane orientation and significantly improved structural, morphological, and optical properties of AZO. The as-fabricated AZO with H2O2 exhibited a layer thickness of 1.8 μm, optical transparency of 90.4 %, sheet resistivity of 10 Ω □-1, and the resistivity of 1.8 ×10^(-3) Ω.cm. This approach provides an efficient route to alter the AZO morphology and properties for advanced optoelectronic applications.
Keywords
Transparent Conductive Oxide
Aluminum-doped zinc oxide
Chemical Bath deposition
Controlling agent
H2O2
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Journal of Ultrafine Grained and Nanostructured Materials
Volume 58, Issue 2
December 2025
Pages 255-263

  • Receive Date 28 June 2025
  • Revise Date 11 September 2025
  • Accept Date 18 September 2025