Chemometric-assisted optimization of iron(II) pentacyanonitrosylferrate thin films deposited by SILAR: structural, morphological, and optical characterization
摘要
This study focuses on synthesizing iron(II) pentacyanonitrosylferrate thin films on micro glass slide substrates using the successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method. A Box-Behnken plan was used to optimize synthesis parameters, including solution temperature [25–65 °C], metal-to-ligand molar ratio [1:3–1:1], immersion time [30–150 s], and dipping cycles [5–65]. According to the RSM results, the optimum deposition conditions for iron(II) pentacyanonitrosylferrate thin films were determined to be a temperature of 25 °C, a molar ratio of 0.33, 65 dipping cycles, and an immersion time of 150 s. The target value was d = 1.000. The predicted band gap of the pentacyanonitrosylferrate film was 3.12 eV under the optimal conditions. Verification experiment (3.5 eV) confirmed the validity of the predicted model. The as-prepared iron (II) pentacyanonitrosylferrate thin films were characterized to investigate their morphological, structural, and optical properties. The films were analyzed using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and UV-Vis spectrophotometry.
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