Annealing Effect on the Structure and Optical Properties of CBD-ZnS Thin Films for Windscreen Coating
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Structure Analysis
3.2. Optical Analysis
4. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Annealing Temperature (°C) | D (Å) | D (Å) |
---|---|---|
Scherrer equation | Williamson–Hall method | |
as-deposited | 352.52 | 322.97 |
300 | 528.95 | 503.06 |
Annealing Temperature (°C) | 2θ (Degree) | β | c (Å) | a (Å) | D (Å) | d (Å) | V (Å)3 | δ (Lines/m2) ×10−6 | N ×1014 | ε ×10−4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
as-deposited | 34.85 | 0.23 | 5.143 | 2.96 | 352.52 | 2.573 | 246.38 | 8.046 | 9.27 | 9 |
300 | 34.82 | 0.157 | 5.148 | 2.972 | 528.95 | 2.576 | 247.08 | 3.574 | 8.55 | 6 |
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Mohammed, R.Y. Annealing Effect on the Structure and Optical Properties of CBD-ZnS Thin Films for Windscreen Coating. Materials 2021, 14, 6748. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14226748
Mohammed RY. Annealing Effect on the Structure and Optical Properties of CBD-ZnS Thin Films for Windscreen Coating. Materials. 2021; 14(22):6748. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14226748
Chicago/Turabian StyleMohammed, Raghad Y. 2021. "Annealing Effect on the Structure and Optical Properties of CBD-ZnS Thin Films for Windscreen Coating" Materials 14, no. 22: 6748. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14226748