I. A. Pronin, A. S. Komolov, E. F. Lazneva, V. A. Moshnikov, A. A. Karmanov, N. D. Yakushova
{"title":"Investigation of Photonic Curing Mechanisms of Sol‒Gel Zinc Oxide Films for Flexible Electronics","authors":"I. A. Pronin, A. S. Komolov, E. F. Lazneva, V. A. Moshnikov, A. A. Karmanov, N. D. Yakushova","doi":"10.1134/S1063774524602302","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Photoannealing is a technological method that allows replacing the finishing high-temperature treatment of sol‒gel metal oxide films with a combination of soft heating and UV irradiation. It has been established that an increase in temperature during heat treatment of a sol deposited onto a substrate leads to the conversion of zinc acetate into layered basic zinc acetate, which is transformed into hydroxide Zn(OH)<sub>2</sub> and then into amorphous oxide ZnO. It has been shown that, upon heating to 130°C, parallel UV irradiation of films promotes the direct transition of layered basic zinc acetate into oxide due to the effective removal of hydroxyl and acetate groups. When the temperature is increased to 140°C, UV irradiation of the films becomes inexpedient, since both photoannealing and heat treatment lead to identical properties of the investigated materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":527,"journal":{"name":"Crystallography Reports","volume":"70 1","pages":"116 - 121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Crystallography Reports","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1063774524602302","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CRYSTALLOGRAPHY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Photoannealing is a technological method that allows replacing the finishing high-temperature treatment of sol‒gel metal oxide films with a combination of soft heating and UV irradiation. It has been established that an increase in temperature during heat treatment of a sol deposited onto a substrate leads to the conversion of zinc acetate into layered basic zinc acetate, which is transformed into hydroxide Zn(OH)2 and then into amorphous oxide ZnO. It has been shown that, upon heating to 130°C, parallel UV irradiation of films promotes the direct transition of layered basic zinc acetate into oxide due to the effective removal of hydroxyl and acetate groups. When the temperature is increased to 140°C, UV irradiation of the films becomes inexpedient, since both photoannealing and heat treatment lead to identical properties of the investigated materials.
期刊介绍:
Crystallography Reports is a journal that publishes original articles short communications, and reviews on various aspects of crystallography: diffraction and scattering of X-rays, electrons, and neutrons, determination of crystal structure of inorganic and organic substances, including proteins and other biological substances; UV-VIS and IR spectroscopy; growth, imperfect structure and physical properties of crystals; thin films, liquid crystals, nanomaterials, partially disordered systems, and the methods of studies.