An attempt to study (111) oriented NiO-like TCO thin films in terms of structural, optical properties and photocatalytic activities under strontium doping.

This work covers some physical properties of Sr-doped NiO sprayed thin films at various concentrations (0 to 4%) prepared on glass substrates. Structural properties by using X-ray diffraction (XRD) show that all films have a cubic structure with (111) orientation. The stress, estimated by adjusting the XRD diffraction peaks increases with the doping concentration.