Nanostructural Features and Optical Performance of RF Magnetron Sputtered ZnO Thin Films
Nanostructural Features and Optical Performance of RF Magnetron Sputtered ZnO Thin Films作者机构:Natonal Physical LaboratoryCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research Indian Institute of Technology Okayama University of Science
出 版 物:《Journal of Materials Science & Technology》 (材料科学技术(英文版))
年 卷 期:2010年第26卷第11期
页 面:986-990页
核心收录:
学科分类:07[理学] 070205[理学-凝聚态物理] 08[工学] 080501[工学-材料物理与化学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程(可授工学、理学学位)] 0702[理学-物理学]
主 题:Electron microscopy Nanomaterials ZnO RF sputtering Photoluminescence Spectroscopy Electron paramagnetic resonance
摘 要:Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were grown on silicon substrate by RF (radio frequency) magnetron *** topography of these films exhibited a nanostructured granular appearance with the size of individual grains between 50 to 100 *** cross-sectional electron micrographs revealed columnar grains in the form of aggregated nanorods/wires with length of about 500 nm,similar to the thickness of these thin films of ZnO nucleated and grown vertically on the silicon *** resolution lattice scale imaging using high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) elucidated the single crystalline 1010 planes of hexagonal-ZnO constituting the columnar grains with the individual nanorod diameter between 3 and 4 *** photoluminescence measurements showed the prominent emission peak at around 460 nm for the blue band,normally attributed to intrinsic defects in particular interstitial zinc (Zn).These films were further characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD),Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR),Raman spectroscopy and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) to evaluate various aspects on preferred growth orientations,band structures and vibrational modes originated in such fascinating nano-grained thin films of *** present investigations inferred that these films are advantageous in various potential applications for fabricating nano-scaled devices.