Annealing Effect on the Solid State and Optical Properties of αFe2O3 Thin Films Deposited Using the Aqueous Chemical Growth (ACG) Method英文文献资料.docVIP

Materials Sciences and Applications, 2012, 3, 793-801 793 /10.4236/msa.2012.311115 Published Online November 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/msa) Annealing Effect on the Solid State and Optical Properties of α-Fe2O3 Thin Films Deposited Using the Aqueous Chemical Growth (ACG) Methods S. L. Mammah , F. E. Opara , F. B. Sigalo , S. C. Ezugwu , F. I. Ezema 1,2 2 2 3 4 1 2 Department of Science Laboratory Technology, School of Applied Sciences, Rivers State Polytechnic Bori, Bori, Nigeria; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nkpolu, Nigeria; Department of Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nigeria, 3 Physics and Astronomy, Western University, London, Canada; Nsukka, Nigeria. 4 Email: sylvestermammah@, Erfopara2002@, fiezema@; sezugwu@uwo.ca Received August 8 , 2012; revised September 9 , 2012; accepted October 3 , 2012 th th rd ABSTRACT Thin films of hematite (α-Fe2O3) were deposited by heteronucleation through the process of hydrolysis and condensa- tion of an aqueous solution of 0.1 M Fe(NO3)3?9H2O, 1 M NaNO3, 50 ml H2O in addition with five drops of HCl at 90?C. One of the samples was kept as prepared while the others were annealed at different temperatures in order to de- termine the effect of annealing on their solid state and optical properties. The films were characterized using Rutherford Back Scattering (RBS), spectroscopy for chemical composition and thickness, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) for structural analysis, UV-VIS Spectrophotometer for the analysis of other solid state and optical properties and a photomicroscope for photomicrographs. The results indicate