Preparation and properties of ZnO thin films deposited by sol-gel technique
LAN Wei, PENG Xingping, LIU Xueqin, HE Zhiwei, WANG Yinyue
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School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
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05 Mar 2007
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Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were deposited on (100) Si substrates by sol-gel technique. Zinc acetate was used as the precursor material. The effect of different annealing atmospheres and annealing temperatures on composition, structural and optical properties of ZnO thin films was investigated by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy and photoluminescence (PL), respectively. At an annealing temperature of 400vH in N2 for 2 h, dried gel films were propitious to undergo structural relaxation and grow ZnO grains. ZnO thin film annealed at 400vH in N2 for 2 h exhibited the optimal structure and PL property, and the grain size and the lattice constants of the film were calculated (41.6 nm, α = 3.253 Åand c = 5.210 Å). Moreover, a green emission around 495 nm was observed in the PL spectra owing to the oxygen vacancies located at the surface of ZnO grains. With increasing annealing temperature, both the amount of the grown ZnO and the specific surface area of the grains decrease, which jointly weaken the green emission.
LAN Wei, PENG Xingping, LIU Xueqin, HE Zhiwei, WANG Yinyue.
Preparation and properties of ZnO thin films deposited by sol-gel technique. Front. Mater. Sci., 2007, 1(1): 88‒91 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-007-0016-y
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