Journal article

Publication year: 2012

Pages: D717-D723

Journal: Journal of The Electrochemical Society

Volume number: 159

Issue number: 12

ISSN: 0013-4651

eISSN: 1945-7111

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1149/2.041212jes

Publisher: The Electrochemical Society

Abstract: 

Interdigitated microstructured electrode arrays of gold or silver bands were used as substrates for the electrodeposition of crystalline ZnO thin films under pulsed galvanostatic conditions from aqueous Zn(NO3)(2) solutions. For current densities below the limiting current density, homogenous films of ZnO were obtained as proven by scanning electron and confocal laser microscopy. For current densities greater than those limited by the diffusion of Zn2+ and NO3-, strongly dendritic structures were formed. Film growth was analyzed based on the duplex diffusion layer model. The influence of convective diffusion was directly observed when only one set of electrode bands was polarized during deposition. By use of an underlying gate electrode in the substrate, field-effect measurements were performed to electrically characterize the samples. 

Harvard Citation style: Stumpp, M., Lupo, C. and Schlettwein, D. (2012) Preparation and Characterization of Electrodeposited ZnO on Microstructured Electrode Arrays, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 159(12), pp. D717-D723. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.041212jes

APA Citation style: Stumpp, M., Lupo, C., & Schlettwein, D. (2012). Preparation and Characterization of Electrodeposited ZnO on Microstructured Electrode Arrays. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 159(12), D717-D723. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.041212jes