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Article Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 2Effect of Insertion of Aluminum Nanosheets on the Structural, Optical and Dielectric Properties of Stacked Layers of Selenium(Natl inst R&d Materials Physics, 2019) Qasrawi, A. F.; Qasrawı, Atef Fayez Hasan; Abu Al Rob, O. H.; Qasrawı, Atef Fayez Hasan; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering; Department of Electrical & Electronics EngineeringIn this work, the time dependent metal induced crystallization process in stacked layers of selenium that are sandwiched with aluminum nanosheets of thicknesses of 50 nm are investigated by means of X-ray diffraction and optical spectrophotometry techniques. The Al nanosheets motivated the growth of orthorhombic phases of selenium and lowered the energy bang gap of the amorphous films from 2.26 to 1.82 eV when the orthorhombic phase is achieved. The time dependent monitoring of the structural and optical properties over eighteen months have shown that both of the orthorhombic and amorphous phases exhibit a second transformation to hexagonal and stabilize at that phase within ten days of the growth time. The presence of the aluminum nanosheets enhanced the light absorbability by 15 and 5 times in the orthorhombic and hexagonal phases, respectively. In addition, the dielectric spectra of the studied films display similar characteristics in the hexagonal phase with slight differences that results from Al nanosheets. The dielectric spectra for both of the amorphous and orthorhombic phases displayed resonance peaks in the visible and infrared ranges of light. The structural and optical analysis that are carried out through this study represent a guide for using the selenium films in optoelectronic technology.Article Citation - Scopus: 1Structural and Electrical Performance of Moo3 Films Designed as Microwave Resonators(inst Materials Physics, 2020) Al Garni, S. E.; Qasrawi, A. F.; Alharbi, S. R.; Department of Electrical & Electronics EngineeringIn this work, the effect of the insertion of lithium slabs of thicknesses of 50 nm between stacked layers of MoO3 is considered. Stacked layers of MoO3 comprising lithium slabs are prepared by the thermal evaporation technique onto Au substrates under vacuum pressure of 10(-5) mbar. The effects of Li slabs are explored by the X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, current-voltage characteristics and impedance spectroscopy techniques in the frequency domain of 0.01-1.80 GHz. While the presence of Li slabs did not alter the amorphous nature of structure, it forced the growth of rod-like grains of diameters of 100-160 nm and lengths of 1.5 mu m. Electrically, the presence of Li in the samples enhanced the rectifying properties of the devices and force reverse to forward current ratios larger than 60 times. Li slabs also controlled the negative capacitance effect and resonance -antiresonance regions in the Au/MoO3/MoO3/C stacked layers. While the Au/MoO3/MoO3/C devices displayed high conductance and low impedance values in the studied frequency domain, the Au/MoO3/Li/MOO3/C devices exhibited low conductance and high impedance mode in the frequency domain of 0.01-0.59 GHz. It is also found that the presence of Li slabs improved the performance of the devices through driving it to exhibit lower reflection coefficient and high return loss values near 0.80 GHz. The features of the devices nominate them for use as RF-Microwave traps or resonators.Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1Structural, Optical and Dielectric Performance of Molybdenum Trioxide Thin Films Sandwiched With Indium Sheets(inst Materials Physics, 2020) Abusaa, M.; Qasrawi, A. F.; Kmail, H. K.; Khanfar, H. K.; Department of Electrical & Electronics EngineeringIn this work, we report the enhancements in the structural, optical and dielectric properties of molybdenum trioxide that are achieved by insertion of 50 and 100 nm thick indium sheets between layers of MoO3. The films which are coated onto ultrasonically glass substrates under a vacuum pressure of 10 -5 mbar exhibited metal induced crystallization process upon insertion of indium sheets. Optically, indium sheets tuned the transmittance and reflectance, significantly, increased the absorption coefficient values and formed interbands in the band gap of MoO3. The energy band gap decreased with increasing indium sheets thickness. On the other hand, the insertion of indium layers into the structure of MoO3 is observed to improve the dielectric response of these films to values that nominate them for used in thin film transistor technology. In the same context, the analyses of the optical conductivity which are carried out with the help of Drude-Lorentz approach have shown that the presence of indium sheets can increase the optical conductivity and enhance the plasmon frequency and free charge carrier density of MoO3. The plasmon frequency is tuned in the range of 1.68-7.16 GHz making MoO3 films attractive for plasmonic applications.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3Current Transport Mechanism in Au-p-mgo-ni Schottky Device Designed for Microwave Sensing(Natl inst Optoelectronics, 2016) Qasrawi, A. F.; Khanfar, H. K.; Department of Electrical & Electronics EngineeringAu/MgO/Ni back to back Schottky tunnelling barriers are designed on the surface of an MgO thin layer and are electrically characterized. The current voltage curve analysis has shown that thermionic emission, field effect thermionic (FET) emission and space charge limited current are dominant transport mechanism in distinct biasing regions. It was shown that, while the device is reverse biased with voltages less than 0.31 V, it conducts by tunnelling (FED though an energy barrier of 0.88 eV with a depletion region width of 15.7 nm. As the voltage exceeds 0.46 V, the tunnelling energy barrier is lowered to 0.76 eV and the depletion region widens and arrives at the reach-through running mode. The device was tested in the microwave electromagnetic power range that extends from Bluetooth to WLAN radiation levels at oscillating frequencies of 0.5 and 2.9 GHz. In addition, a low power resonating signal that suits mobile data is superimposed in the device. It was observed that the Au/MgO/Au sensors exhibit a wide tunability range via voltage biasing or via frequency control. The signal quality factor is 3.53 x 10(3) at 2.9 GHz. These properties reflect applicability in microwave technology as wireless and connectorized microwave amplifiers, microwave resonators and mixers.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3Effect of Ionic Substitution on the Structural, Dielectric and Electrical Properties of Bismuth Zinc Niobate Ceramics(Korean Assoc Crystal Growth, inc, 2012) Qasrawi, A. F.; Abu Je'ib, Hussein A.; Mergen, A.; Department of Electrical & Electronics EngineeringThe effects of tin substitution on the structural, dielectric and electrical properties of the Bi1.5Zn0.92Nb1.5O6.92 pyrochlore ceramics have been investigated. Tin atoms was substituted in the A (Bi1.5Zn0.46)-site instead of zinc and in the B ((Zn0.46Nb1.5)-site instead of niobium in accordance to the chemical formulae Bi1.5Zn0.92Nb1.5-xO6.92-x/2 and (Bi1.5-x/3Zn0.46-3x/2Snx)(Nb1.5Zn0.46)O-6.92, for 0.00 <= x <= 0.40 and 0.00 <= x <= 0.60, respectively. A relative single phase formation of the structures was possible for x values less than 0.25 and less than 0.10. Pronounced tunability in the dielectric constant values associated with very low dielectric loss are obtainable by Sn substitution. Furthermore, a frequency invariant but linearly varying temperature dependent dielectric constant is observed. The electrical conductivity decreased by two and one order of magnitude for the A and B-site substitutions, respectively. The temperature-dependent conductivity analysis in the temperature region of 300-500 K, reflected the existence of shallow and deep impurity energy levels being created by the doping process.Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 4Thickness and Annealing Effects on the Structural and Optical Conductivity Parameters of Zinc Phthalocyanine Thin Films(inst Materials Physics, 2020) Alharbi, S. R.; Qasrawi, A. F.; Khusayfan, N. M.; Department of Electrical & Electronics EngineeringIn this work, the effects of the thin film thicknesses on the structural, optical absorption, energy band gap, dielectric spectra and optical conductivity parameters of the Zinc phthalocyanine thin films are considered. Thin films of ZnPc of thicknesses of 50-600 nm which are coated onto glass substrates are observed to exhibit amorphous nature of growth. The polycrystalline monoclinic ZnPc phase of the films is obtained via annealing the films at 200 degrees C in a vacuum atmosphere. Increasing the ZnPc films thickness shrunk the energy band gap in the B- and Q- bands and decreased both of the optical conductivities and free holes density in the Q-band. The increase in the film thickness is also observed to decrease the plasmon frequency and the drift mobility of holes in the films. The highest dielectric constant is obtained for films of thicknesses of 100 nm. The annealing process enhanced the optical absorption, redshifts the energy band gap value and the critical energy of the absolute maxima of dielectric constant. In addition, while the heat treatment enhanced both of the scattering times at femtosecond level and the drift mobility, it reduced the free holes density, and the plasmon frequency.Article Citation - WoS: 10Citation - Scopus: 10Effects of Indium Slabs on the Structural and Electrical Properties of Stacked Layers of Cu2o(Natl inst R&d Materials Physics, 2020) Qasrawi, A. F.; Omar, A.; Department of Electrical & Electronics EngineeringIn this work, the structural and electrical properties of stacked layers of Cu2O that comprises indium slabs in its structure are reported. The stacked layers which are coated onto glass and Au substrates under vacuum pressure of 10(-5) mbar are characterized by the X-ray diffraction and impedance spectrometry techniques. While the Cu2O/Cu2O (CC) layers exhibited amorphous nature of growth, those which contained indium slabs (CIC) displayed weak crystallinity The insertion of indium slabs between stacked layers of cuprous oxide highly increased the electrical resistivity and shifted the acceptor level closer to the valance band edge. In addition, the analyses of the conductance and capacitance spectra in the frequency domain of 0.01-1.0 GHz have shown that these two physical parameters are strongly affected by the insertion of indium slabs and by surface deformation effects. The capacitance spectra showed negative capacitance effect (NC) in all the studied frequency domain The NC effects become less pronounced in the CIC samples owing to the changes in the polarization mechanism. The feature of NC effects make both of the CC and CIC samples more appropriate for electronic and telecommunication technology as it can be used in amplifiers to enhance he gain, as parasitic cancellers and as noise reducers.Article Driving Electric Field Effects on the Space Charge Limited Photocurrent of In6s7<(Natl inst Optoelectronics, 2013) Qasrawi, A. F.; Al-Balshi, Madleen A.; Gasanly, N. M.; Department of Electrical & Electronics EngineeringA new type of photovoltaic materials, which are designed on the base of In6S7 single crystals using silver and gold metals to construct Ag/In6S7/Au point contacted photocells, are reported and discussed. The influence of the driving electric field on the performance of the device was tested. The current density-electric field dependence curve reflected a space charge limited photocurrent effect being dominant in the field region of 1.0-4.3 V/cm. In addition, the In6S7 photocell short circuit and loaded current dependencies on the excitation intensity were measured. The short circuit current was observed to exhibit exponential trap distribution effect and supralinear recombination at low and high illumination intensities, respectively. The device displays a current density of 0.5 mA/cm(2) for excitation intensity of 76 klux. When loaded, it displayed a stable power dissipation curve. Such behavior reflects the novelty of these types of cells for future application.Article Citation - WoS: 10Citation - Scopus: 9Tunable Au/Ga2< Varactor Diodes Designed for High Frequency Applications(Natl inst R&d Materials Physics, 2017) Al Garni, S. E.; Qasrawi, A. F.; Department of Electrical & Electronics EngineeringIn this work, the design and characterization of Au/Ga2S3/Yb Schottky barrier is investigated by means of transmittance electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS), capacitance spectroscopy, capacitance (C)-voltage (V) characteristics and impedance spectroscopy techniques. The design of the energy band diagram of the amorphous Au/Ga2S3 interface revealed a theoretical energy barrier height (q phi(b)) and built in voltage (qV(bi)) of 2.04 and 1.88 eV, respectively. Experimentally, the qV(bi) was observed to be sensitive to the applied signal frequency. In addition, the capacitance spectra which were studied in the range of 10-1800 MHz, revealed resonance and antiresonance biasing dependent signal oscillations associated with negative capacitance values. On the other hand, impedance spectroscopy analysis revealed band pass/reject filtering properties in all the studied frequency range. The device exhibited a return loss, voltage standing wave ratio and power efficiency of 16.7 dB, 1.3 and 98.3% at 1400 MHz, respectively.Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 5Formation and Negative Capacitance Effect in Au/Bi2< Heterojunctions Designed as Microwave Resonators(Natl inst R&d Materials Physics, 2018) Al Garni, S. E.; Qasrawi, A. F.; Department of Electrical & Electronics EngineeringIn this article, the physical design, energy band diagram, temperature dependent electrical resistivity and the impedance spectroscopy measurements of the Au/Bi2O3/ZnS/Ag isotype heterojunction devices are reported. The devices are prepared by the thermal evaporation technique under vacuum pressure of 10(-5) mbar. Structural, compositional and morphological studies has shown the presence of an expansion in the lattice of Bi2O3 associated with increased strain and dislocation density and decreased grain size as a result of ZnS interfacing. The design of the band diagram indicated that the formed heterojunction exhibit large valence and conduction band offsets that forces charge accumulation at the interface. The Au/Bi2O3/ZnS/Ag device displays negative capacitance (NC) effect in the frequency domain of 0.01-1.50 GHz. The NC effect is interrupted by a resonance-antiresonance phenomenon in the frequency domain of 0.90-1.07 GHz. In addition to the NC effects, the device under study exhibited reflection coefficient and return loss spectra that nominate it for use as microwave cavities or as low pass band filters.
