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    Low Temperature Thermoluminescence Behaviour of Y2o3< Nanoparticles
    (Elsevier, 2019) Delice, S.; Isik, M.; Gasanly, N. M.
    Y2O3 nanoparticles were investigated using low temperature thermoluminescence (TL) experiments. TL glow curve recorded at constant heating rate of 0.4 K/s exhibits seven peaks around 19, 62, 91, 115, 162, 196 and 215 K. Activation energies and characteristics of traps responsible for observed curves were revealed under the light of results of initial rise analyses and T-max-T-stop experimental methods. Analyses of TL curves obtained at different stopping temperatures resulted in presence of one quasi-continuously distributed trap with activation energies increasing from 18 to 24 meV and six single trapping centers at 49, 117, 315, 409, 651 and 740 meV. Activation energies of all revealed centers were reported in the present paper. Structural characterization of Y2O3 nanoparticles was accomplished using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy measurements. (C) 2019 Chinese Society of Rare Earths. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Structural and temperature-tuned band gap energy characteristics of PbMoO4 single crystals
    (Elsevier, 2022) Isik, M.; Gasanly, N. M.; Darvishov, N. H.; Bagiev, V. E.
    PbMoO4 is one of the member of the molybdate materials and has been a significant research interest due to its photocatalytic and optoelectronic applications. In the present paper, the structural and optical properties of PbMoO4 single crystals grown by Czochralski technique were investigated. X-ray diffraction pattern presented well-defined and intensive peaks associated with tetragonal scheelite structure. Energy dispersive spectroscopy analyses presented the atomic compositional ratio of constituent elements as consistent with chemical formula of PbMoO4. Raman and infrared transmittance spectra were reported to give information about the vibrational characteristics of the compound. Room temperature transmission spectrum was analyzed by derivative spectroscopy technique and band gap energy was found as 3.07 eV. Temperature-tuned band gap energy characteristics of the single crystal were investigated by performing transmission measurements at different temperatures between 10 and 300 K. The analyses indicated that band gap energy of the PbMoO4 single crystal increases to 3.24 eV when the temperature was decreased to 10 K. Temperature-band gap energy dependency was studied considering Varshni and Bose-Einstein models. The successful fitting processes under the light of applied models presented various optical parameters like absolute zero band gap energy, variation rate of band gap with temperature and Debye temperature.
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    Citation - WoS: 3
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    Structural and Optical Properties of Thermally Evaporated Cu-Ga (cgs) Thin Films
    (Elsevier, 2018) Gullu, H. H.; Isik, M.; Gasanly, N. M.
    The structural and optical properties of thermally evaporated Cu-Ga-S (CGS) thin films were investigated by Xray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and optical transmittance measurements. The effect of annealing temperature on the results of applied techniques was also studied in the present paper. EDS results revealed that each of the elements, Cu, Ga and S are presented in the films and Cu and Ga concentration increases whereas S concentration decreases within the films as annealing temperature is increased. XRD pattern exhibited four diffraction peaks which are well-matched with those of tetragonal CuGaS2 compound. AFM images were recorded to get knowledge about the surface morphology and roughness of deposited thin films. Transmittance measurements were applied in the wavelength region of 300-1000 nm. Analyses of the absorption coefficient derived from transmittance data resulted in presence of three distinct transition regions in each thin films with direct transition type. Crystal-field and spin-orbit splitting energies existing due to valence band splitting were also calculated using quasicubic model.
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    Design and Characterization of Tlinse2 Varactor Devices
    (Elsevier, 2011) Qasrawi, A. F.; Aljammal, Faten G.; Taleb, Nisreen M.; Gasanly, N. M.
    TlInSe2 single crystal has been successfully prepared by the Bridgman crystal growth technique. The crystal, which exhibits compositional atomic percentages of 25.4%, 25.2% and 49.4% for TI, In and Se, respectively, is found to be of tetragonal structure with lattice parameters of a=0.8035 and c=0.6883 nm. The crystals were used to design radio frequency sensitive varactor device. The temperature dependence of the current-voltage characteristics of the device allowed the calculation of the room temperature barrier height and ideality factor as 0.87 eV and as 3.2, respectively. Rising the device temperature increased the barrier height and decreased the ideality factor. This behavior was attributed to the current transport across the metal-semiconductor interface. The capacitance of the device is observed to increase with increasing voltage and increasing temperature as well. The temperature activation of the capacitance starts above 82 degrees C with a temperature coefficient of capacitance being 1.08 x 10 (3) K (1). Furthermore, the capacitance of the device was observed to increase with increasing frequency up to a maximum critical frequency of 4.0 kHz, after which the capacitance decreased with increasing frequency. The behavior reflected the ability of maximum amount of charge holding being at a 4.0 kHz. The analysis of the capacitance-voltage characteristics at fixed frequencies reflected a frequency dependent barrier height and acceptors density. The decrease in the barrier height and acceptors density with increasing frequency is mainly due to the inability of the free charge to follow the ac signal. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Identification of Shallow Trap Centers in Inse Single Crystals and Investigation of Their Distribution: a Thermally Stimulated Current Spectroscopy
    (Elsevier, 2024) Isik, M.; Gasanly, N. M.
    Identification of trap centers in semiconductors takes great importance for improving the performance of electronic and optoelectronic devices. In the present study, we employed the thermally stimulated current (TSC) method within a temperature range of 10-280 K to explore trap centers in InSe crystal-a material with promising applications in next-generation devices. Our findings revealed the existence of two distinct hole trap centers within the InSe crystal lattice located at 0.06 and 0.14 eV. Through the leveraging the T-stop method, we offered trap distribution parameters of revealed centers. The results obtained from the experimental methodology employed to investigate the distribution of trap centers indicated that one of the peaks extended between 0.06 and 0.13 eV, while the other spanned from 0.14 to 0.31 eV. Notably, our research uncovers a remarkable variation in trap density, spanning one order of magnitude, for every 10 and 88 meV of energy variation. The results of our research present the characteristics of shallow trap centers in InSe, providing important information for the design and optimization of InSe-based optoelectronic devices.
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    Investigation of the Electrical Parameters of Ag/P-tlgases Schottky Contacts
    (Elsevier, 2012) Qasrawi, A. F.; Gasanly, N. M.
    p-type TlGaSeS single crystal was used to fabricate a Schottky device. Silver and carbon metals were used as the Ohmic and Schottky contacts, respectively. The device which displayed wide RF band at 13.200 and narrow band at 62.517 kHz with Q value of 1.4 and of 6.3 x 10(4), respectively, is characterized by means of current (I)-voltage (V), capacitance (C)-voltage characteristics as well as capacitance-frequency (f) characteristics. The device series resistance, ideality factor and barrier height are determined from the I-Vcurve as 35.8 M Omega, 1.2 and 0.74 eV, respectively. The apparent acceptor density and the build in voltage of the device increased with increasing ac signal frequency. The high Q value, observed at 62.517 kHz. indicated a much lower rate of energy loss relative to the stored energy of the device. The energy loss (Q(-1)) is much less than 0.001% of the stored value. The device was tested and found to remain at the same mode of resonance for several hours. It never switched or ceased unless it was tuned off. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Citation - WoS: 12
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    Interband Transitions in Gallium Sulfide Layered Single Crystals by Ellipsometry Measurements
    (Elsevier, 2013) Isik, M.; Gasanly, N. M.; Turan, R.
    Spectroscopic ellipsometry measurements on the GaS single crystals are presented in the energy range of 1.2 - 6.2 eV at room temperature. Optical constants; pseudorefractive index, pseudoextinction coefficient, real and imaginary parts of the pseudodielectric function were determined. Analysis of the second derivative of real and imaginary parts of the pseudodielectric constant revealed five transitions with critical point energies of 3.95, 4.22, 4.51, 4.75 and 5.50 eV. These energies were assigned to interband transitions according to theoretical study of GaS band structure available in literature. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Optical and Structural Characteristics of Electrodeposited Cd1-xznx< Nanostructured Thin Films
    (Elsevier, 2021) Erturk, K.; Isik, M.; Terlemezoglu, M.; Gasanly, N. M.
    The structural and optical characteristics of Cd1-xZnxS (CdZnS) thin films grown by the electrodeposition method were investigated in the present paper. The crystalline structure of the grown CdZnS thin film was determined as cubic wurtzite due to observed diffraction peaks associated with (111) and (220) planes. Atomic compositional ratios of the constituent elements were obtained using energy dispersive spectroscopy and doping concentration of the Zn was found as 5% (x similar to 0.05). Scanning electron microscopy image of the studied thin film indicated that grown film is nanostructured. Raman spectra of CdS and CdZnS thin films were measured and it was seen that observed longitudinal optical modes for CdZnS present a blue-shift. Temperature-dependent band gap energy characteristics of the thin films were studied performing transmission experiments in the 10-300 K temperature range. The analyses of the recorded transmittance spectra showed that direct band gap energy of the films decreases from 2.56 eV (10 K) to 2.51 eV (300 K) with the increase of temperature. The band gap energy vs. temperature dependency was studied applying well-known Varshni optical model and various optical parameters of the films were reported according to the results of the applied model.
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    Linear and Nonlinear Optical Characteristics of Bi12sio20 Single Crystals
    (Elsevier, 2022) Isik, M.; Gasanly, N. M.
    Bi12SiO20 single crystals grown by Czochralski method were optically investigated in detail in the present paper. Transmission and reflection measurements were performed at room temperature in the 400-800 nm spectral range on the (111) plane. Linear and nonlinear optical characteristics of the Bi12SiO20 crystal were determined analyzing the transmission and reflection spectra. The spectral dependencies of absorption coefficient, skin depth, refractive index, optical and electrical conductivities, real and imaginary parts of dielectric function were plotted. Analyses of optical parameters presented the direct band gap and Urbach energies as 2.55 and 0.33 eV, respectively. Static refractive index and dielectric constant, oscillator strength, dispersion and single oscillator energies, nonlinear refractive index, first- and third-order nonlinear susceptibilities were revealed. Structural properties of the Bi12SiO20 crystal were investigated by x-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy measurements.
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    Exploring Temperature-Dependent Bandgap and Urbach Energies in Cdte Thin Films for Optoelectronic Applications
    (Elsevier, 2024) Surucu, O.; Surucu, G.; Gasanly, N. M.; Parlak, M.; Isik, M.
    This study examines CdTe thin films deposited via RF magnetron sputtering, focusing on structural and optical properties. X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and SEM assessed structural characteristics. Optical properties were analyzed through transmittance measurements from 10 to 300 K. Tauc plots and Varshni modeling revealed a temperature-dependent bandgap, increasing from 1.49 eV at room temperature to 1.57 eV at 10 K. Urbach energy rose from 82.7 to 93.7 meV with temperature. These results are essential for applications where temperature affects CdTe-based device performance.