Research Article

Sprayed Pyrolyzed ZnO Films with Nanoflake and Nanorod Morphologies and Their Photocatalytic Activity

Table 2

Texture coefficients, grain size, thickness, roughness, and band gap of the films deposited with different concentrations of the precursors (Set 1).

Sample nameA1AA2AA3AC1AC2AC3A

TC(002)1.351.020.652.321.952.20
TC(101)0.600.670.900.120.290.18
TC(102)1.091.131.250.520.680.57
TC(103)0.941.171.181.021.071.03
Grain size (nm)37 ± 638 ± 242 ± 1044 ± 846 ± 744 ± 5
Thickness (nm)210 ± 5370 ± 7851 ± 28335 ± 3480 ± 107719 ± 46
Roughness (nm)48 ± 364 ± 9153 ± 584 ± 494 ± 12163 ± 14
Band gap (eV)3.283.273.233.233.233.24