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Investigations of Sol-Gel ZnO Films Nanostructured by Reactive Ion Beam Etching for Broadband Anti-Reflection

TitleInvestigations of Sol-Gel ZnO Films Nanostructured by Reactive Ion Beam Etching for Broadband Anti-Reflection
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsVisser, D, Ye, Z, Prajapati, CS, Bhat, N, Anand, S
JournalECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology
Volume6
PaginationP653–P659
Keywordsnanostructuring, sol-gel, Zinc oxide
Abstract

A novel ZnO dry etching approach is introduced using reactive ion beam etching of thick sol-gel ZnO layers for controlled nanodisk/nanocone array fabrication. In this approach the same system can be used for the colloidal lithography mask (silica particles) size reduction by a fluorine-based chemistry and etching of the ZnO nanostructures by a CH4/H2/Ar chemistry. This resulted in a ZnO:SiO2 etch selectivity of ∼3.4 and etch rate of ∼56 nm/min. Thick sol-gel ZnO layers, nanodisk arrays and (truncated) nanocone arrays were fabricated and their optical properties analyzed by finite-difference time-domain simulations and spectrally-resolved total/specular reflectivity measurements. The demonstrated broadband omnidirectional anti-reflection, controlled nanostructure period/geometry and low absorption in the visible-NIR spectrum makes these sol-gel ZnO nanostructures very interesting for many optoelectronic applications, including photovoltaics.