Abstract
Aluminum-doped cadmium oxide (CdO:Al) thin films are deposited on glass substrates by the sol–gel dip-coating method, taking cadmium acetate dihydrate as the precursor material. Aluminum nitrate has been taken as a source of Al-dopant. XRD pattern reveals the good crystallinity of CdO thin films. SEM micrograph showed the presence of faceted crystallites. Optical study shows 40–85% transparency with a bandgap value lying in the range 2.76–2.52 eV, depending upon the Al content in the films. Optimum percentage of Al was 5.22 for a maximum room temperature conductivity of 2.81×103 (Ω cm)−1. Hall measurement confirmed that the material is of n-type, with mobility and carrier concentrations lying in the range 413–14.7 cm2/V s, and 3.4×1019–8.11×1020 cm−3, when percentage of Al varies in the range 1.32–7.24.
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