Abstract

In this paper we report on co-precipitation and spin-coating process to synthesize pure and aluminum (Al) doped nanostructured zinc oxide thin layers. X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique was involved to investigate the crystalline properties of prepared layers. XRD analysis indicated that the films were indexed as the hexagonal phase of wurtzite-type structure. Al doping revealed a significant effect on the optical measurements, where the band gap has been shifted from 3.22 eV for pure ZnO film to 3.27 eV after Al doping. Additionally, among all photo-anodes with different Al dopant concentrations, the sample with 1 at.% Al:ZnO film exhibited the fastest response and highest photoconduction sensitivity.

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