Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 254, Issue 6, Pages 1578-1582Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2007.07.134
Keywords
ZnO thin films; rapid thermal annealing; photoluminescence
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ZnO/Si thin films were prepared by rf magnetron sputtering method and some of the samples were treated by rapid thermal annealing (RTA) process at different temperatures ranging from 400 to 800 degrees C. The effects of RTA treatment on the structural properties were studied by using X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy while optical properties were studied by the photoluminescence measurements. It is observed that the ZnO film annealed at 600 degrees C reveals the strongest UV emission intensity and narrowest full width at half maximum among the temperature ranges studied. The enhanced UV emission from the film annealed at 600 degrees C is attributed to the improved crystalline quality of ZnO film due to the effective relaxation of residual compressive stress and achieving maximum grain size. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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