Turgut, G.Kurt, M. S.Ertugrul, M.Iskenderoglu, D.Duman, S.Gurbulak, B.2026-03-262026-03-2620180030-40261618-133610.1016/j.ijleo.2018.03.1382-s2.0-85056216492https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2018.03.138https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14901/2658Iskenderoglu, Demet/0000-0002-6889-8115; Gürbulak, Bekir/0000-0002-5343-4107; Kurt, Mustafa Şükrü/0000-0002-2639-1850; Duman, Songul/0000-0002-3091-3746; Ertugrul, Mehmet/0000-0003-1921-7704This is the first study on Si-contributed CdO films fabricated via sol-gel process. Si-doping impact on the crystalline, topographic and optical qualities of cadmium oxide has been searched with XRD, SEM, AFM and UV/vis spectrophotometer. The whole films were polycrystalline with (111) preferential direction and the crystalline degree of CdO depended on Si-contribution effect. The crystallite size of undoped-CdO incessantly decreased with Si-content, however dislocation density increased with Si-level. The spherical CdO granules were nanoscale and their sizes varied between 20-170 nm. The RMS roughness values of films changed between 5.84 nm-40.5 nm. The optical gap value of undoped-CdO continuously declined from 2.59 eV to 2.39 eV with increasing Si-content, while the Urbach energy increased from 350 meV to 468 meV with Si-level. These results reveal that the level of Si-doping affect the features of cadmium oxide. (C) 2018 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessCadmium OxideSi-DopingSol-GelPhysical QualitiesArticle