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<journal-id>0035-001X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. fis.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0035-001X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Física]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0035-001X2025000100112</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31349/revmexfis.71.011003</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Synthesis and characterizaton of silver/silver oxide thin film via chemical bath deposition]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nwankwo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[U.]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Daniel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T. O.]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Alex Ekwueme-Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo Department of Physics ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Nigeria</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Department of Applied Physics ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Hong Kong ]]></addr-line>
<country>China</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<volume>71</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0035-001X2025000100112&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0035-001X2025000100112&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0035-001X2025000100112&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The chemical bath deposition technique was used to deposit Ag/AgO films on a glass substrate using silver nitrate (AgNO3) and triethanolamine (a polymer matrix) as the complexing agent. X-ray diffraction (XRD) was used to study the crystalline structure of the films, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to study the micrograph/morphology, and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) was used for elemental composition analysis. Four peaks at 2&#952; values of 38.05&#9702;C, 44.15&#9702;C, 64.31&#9702;C, and 77.41&#9702;C matched the (111), (200), (220), and (311) peaks, respectively, indicating that the obtained films were crystalline. The Ag/AgO films had a relatively low transmittance value of approximately 12% in the wavelength range of 300 to 1100 nm, a band gap energy of less than 2 eV, and a high absorbance of &#8805; 80%, suggesting applications in photothermal, photoelectronic devices/systems, architectural coatings, and other areas where spectrally selective films are of interest.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ag/AgO thin films]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[chemical bath deposition]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nanoparticle]]></kwd>
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