Influences of ZnO buffer layers on the quality of ZnO films synthesized by the metal-organic chemical vapor deposition process
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- Title
- Influences of ZnO buffer layers on the quality of ZnO films synthesized by the metal-organic chemical vapor deposition process
- Authors
- Park, SH; Choi, CH; Kim, KB; Kim, SH
- Date Issued
- 2003-11
- Publisher
- MINERALS METALS MATERIALS SOC
- Abstract
- High-quality ZnO thin films were prepared by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) on a sapphire (a-Al2O3) substrate. The synthesis of ZnO films was performed over a substrate temperature of 400-700 degreesC and at chamber pressures of 0.1-10 torr. The structural and optical properties of ZnO films were investigated in terms of deposition conditions, such as substrate temperature, working pressure, and the ratio of Zn precursor (Diethylzinc (DEZn)) to oxygen. The ZnO films, preferentially oriented to 34.42degrees diffraction because of the (002) plane, were obtained under processing conditions of 700degreesC and 3 torr. This film shows a full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 0.4-0.60degrees. The results of photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy also show a strong near band-edge emission at 3.36 eV at 10 K as well as a very weak emission at deep levels around 2.5 eV at room temperature. In addition, we are interested in the introduction of ZnO buffer-layer growth by the sputtering process to reduce lattice mismatch stress. This paper addresses how to advance the crystalline and optical properties of film. The ZnO film grown with the aid of a buffer layer shows a FWHM of 0.06-0.1degrees in the x-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern. This result indicates that crystalline properties were highly improved by the ZnO buffer layers. The PL spectroscopy data of ZnO film also shows a strong near band-edge emission and very weak deep-level emission similar to films synthesized without a buffer layer. Accordingly, synthesized ZnO films with buffer layers indicate fairly good optical properties and low defect density as well as excellent crystallinity.
- Keywords
- metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD); sputtering; buffer layer; MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY; THIN-FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SAPPHIRE; GROWTH
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/29781
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11664-003-0004-7
- ISSN
- 0361-5235
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, vol. 32, no. 11, page. 1148 - 1154, 2003-11
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