Abstract

NiO thin films were deposited on sapphire and Corning 1737 glass substrates using the radio frequency magnetron sputtering system. The structures, optical and electrical properties of NiO films grown under different sputtering temperatures were thoroughly studied. The NiO films were composed of different-size NiO nano-grains with a strong (111) preferred orientation. The NiO grain size increased with the sputtering temperature increase. The band gap values decreased from 3.69 eV to 3.38 eV on the sputtering temperature increase from 30°C to 450°C. Moreover, the electrical property variations of the NiO samples were studied by the Hall effect in detail.

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