The role of Triton X-100 as a surfactant on the CdO nanostructures grown by the SILAR method
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol.705, pp.9-13, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 705
- Publication Date: 2017
- Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.02.130
- Journal Name: Journal of Alloys and Compounds
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.9-13
- Keywords: Cadmium oxide, Surface morphology, Triton X-100, XRD
- Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
In this work, the effect of surfactant Triton X-100 (TX-100) on structural, morphological and optical properties of nanostructured CdO films has been researched. Four series of nanostructured CdO films with TX-100 concentrations of 0.25–1.0 M% of the growth solution were prepared by the Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction (SILAR) technique on glass substrates and were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, surface roughness, X-Ray diffraction and UV–Vis. Spectroscopy. Scanning electron microscopy exhibited that the particle thickness increased with increasing TX-100 content. Surface roughness (Ra) measurement exhibited that Ra value accordingly decreases in the presence of TX-100. From the X-Ray diffraction patterns it was calculated that the crystallite size of the films increased parallel to the particle size with increasing TX-100 content. UV results presented that the optical bandgap values of the film can be adjusted with TX-100 content where optical bandgap decreased with increasing TX-100 content in the growth bath. The results show that the amount of TX-100 in the growth bath played a significant mission in adjusting the main physical properties of the nanostructured CdO film.