Enhancement in UV emission and band gap by Fe doping in ZnO thin films

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-76

  Srivastava, Anchal ^a   Kumar, Nishant ^a   Khare, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

band gap enhancement; Fe dopant; sol gel; Thin films; UV emission; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRON; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; METALLIC FILMS; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

DEFECT EMISSION; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; EMISSION SHIFTS; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; SOL-GEL SPIN COATING; ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION; UV EMISSIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

EID: 84891835850     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-014-0179-x     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. R.K. Shukla, A. Srivastava, and K.C. Dubey, "Growth of transparent conducting nanocrystalline Al doped ZnO thin films by pulsed laser deposition", J. Cryst. Growth 294, 427 (2006).
2. F.K. Shan, B.I. Kim, G.X. Liu, Z.F. Liu, J.Y. Sohn, and W.J. Lee, B.C. Shin, and Y.S. Yu, "Blue shift of near band edge emission in Mg doped ZnO thin films and aging", J. Appl. Phys. 95, 4772 (2004).
3. xO films deposited by sol-gel method", Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031901 (2009).
4. 1-xO thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition", Solid State Comm. 117, 673 (2001).
5. T.A. Vijayan, R. Chandramohan, S. Valanarasu, J. Thirumalai, and S.P. Subramanian, "Comparative investigation on nanocrystal structure, optical, and electrical properties of ZnO and Sr-doped ZnO thin films using chemical bath deposition method", J Mater Sci. 43, 1776 (2008).
6. 1-xO alloy thin films for engineering ZnO band gap", Appl. Phys. A 78, 37 (2004).
7. S. Vijayalakshmi, S. Venkataraj, and R. Jayavel, "Characterization of cadmium doped zinc oxide (Cd: ZnO) thin films prepared by spray pyrolysis method", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41, 245403 (2008).
8. W. Water, S-F Wang, Y-P Chen, and J-C Pu, "Calcium and strontium doped ZnO films for love wave sensor applications", Integrated Ferroelectrics 72, 13 (2005).
9. A.K. Das, P. Misra, A. Bose, S.C. Joshi, R. Kumar, T.K. Sharma, and L.M. Kukreja, "Structural, electrical and optical characteristics of Al doped ZnO films grown by sequential pulsed laser deposition", Phys. Express 3, 5 (2013).
10. H. Li, Y. Zhang, X. Pan, H. Zhang, T. Wang, and E. Xie, "Effects of In and Mg doping on properties of ZnO nanoparticles by flame spray synthesis", J Nanopart Res. 11, 917 (2009).
11. Q. Luo, L.S. Wang, H.Z. Guo, K.Q. Lin, Y. Chen, G. H. Yue, and D. L. Peng, "Blue luminescence from Ce-doped ZnO thin films prepared by magnetron sputtering", Appl. Phys. A108, 239 (2012).
12. A. Douayar, P. Prieto, G. Schmerber, K. Nouneh, R. Diaz, I. Chaki, S. Colis, A. El Fakir, N. Hassanain, A. Belayachi, Z. Sekkat, A. Slaoui, A. Dinia, and M. Abd-Lefdi, "Investigation of the structural, optical and electrical properties of Nd-doped ZnO thin films deposited by spray pyrolysis", Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 61, 10304 (2013).
13. C. Wang, Z. Chen, Y. He, L. Li, and D. Zhang, "Structure, morphology and properties of Fe-doped ZnO films prepared byfacing-target magnetron sputtering system", Appl. Surf. Sci. 255, 6881 (2009).
14. A.Y. Polyakov, A.V. Govorkov, N.B. Smirnov, N.V. Pashkova, S.J. Pearton, K. Ip, R.M. Frazier, C.R. Abernathy, D.P. Norton, J.M. Zavada, and R.G. Wilson, "Optical and magnetic properties of ZnO bulk crystals implanted with Cr and Fe", Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process. 7, 77 (2004).
15. 2 and ZnO present status of the field", J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17, R657 (2005).
16. 3 (0001) by radiofrequency sputtering", J. Appl. Phys. 96, 4150 (2004).
17. xO films", Thin Solid Films 515, 5462 (2007).
18. A.P. Rambu, V. Nica, and M. Dobromir, "Influence of Fe-doping on the optical and electrical properties of ZnO films", Superlattices and Microstructures 59, 87 (2013).
19. xO thin films prepared by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis", Mat. Sci. Eng. B138, 74 (2007).
20. L. Xu and X. Li, "Influence of Fe-doping on the structural and optical properties of ZnO thin films prepared by sol-gel method", J. Cryst. Growth 312, 851 (2010).
21. A. Parra-Palomino, O. Perales-Perez, R. Singhal, M. Tomar, J. Hwang, and P.M. Voyles, "Structural, optical, and magnetic characterization of monodisperse Fe-doped ZnO nanocrystals", J. Appl. Phys. 103, 07D121 (2008).
22. A. Srivastava, R.K. Shukla, and K.P. Misra, "Photoluminescence from screen printed ZnO based nanocrystalline films", Cryst. Res. Technol. 46, 949 (2011).
23. A.S. Russell and J.C. Carver, "Reduction of ions of nickel, cobalt, iron and other metals by zinc amalgam", Nature 142, 210 (1938).
24. 3+ prepared by a controlled reaction in the solid state", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 46, 325101 (2013).
25. 2 films", Indian J. Pure Appl. Phys. 49, 470 (2011).
26. S.L. Patil, M.A. Chougule, S,G. Pawar, S. Sen, and V.B. Patil, "Effect of camphor sulfonic acid doping on structural, morphological, optical and electrical transport properties on polyaniline-ZnO nanocomposites", Soft Nanoscience Lett. 2, 46 (2012).
27. X-W. Du, Y-S. Fu, J. Sun, X. Han, and J. Liu, "Complete UV emission of ZnO nanoparticles in a PMMA matrix", Semicond. Sci. Technol. 21, 1202 (2006).
28. 2 films", Cryst. Res. Technol. 45, 1154 (2010).
29. P.D.C. King and T.D. Veal, "Conductivity in transparent oxide semiconductors", J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 23, 334214 (2011).
30. xO", J. Appl. Phys. 113, 183525 (2013).
31. Y.S. Wang, P.J. Thomas, and P. O'Brien, "Optical properties of ZnO nanocrystals doped with Cd, Mg, Mn, and Fe Ions", J. Phys. Chem. B110, 21412 (2006).
32. J.H. Zheng, J.L. Song, Z. Zhao, Q. Jiang, and J.S. Lian, "Optical and magnetic properties of Nd-doped ZnO nanoparticles", Cryst. Res. Technol. 47, 713 (2012).
33. 1-xMnxSe: The role of exchange interaction", Phys. Rev. B33, 8207 (1986).
34. J. Diouri, J.P. Lascaray, and M. El Amrani, "Effect of the magnetic order on the optical-absorption edge in Cd and Mn, Te", Phys. Rev. B31, 7995 (1985).
35. 2+ optical transition in Mn-based II-VI diluted magnetic semiconductors", Phys. Rev. B38, 10600 (1988).
36. J.K. Furdyna, "Diluted magnetic semiconductors", J. Appl. Phys. 64, R29 (1988).
37. T. Fukumura, Z. Jin, A. Ohtomo, H. Koinuma, and M. Kawasaki, "An oxide-diluted magnetic semiconductor: Mn-doped ZnO", Appl. Phys. Lett. 75, 3366 (1999).
38. Q. Guoqiang, Z. Guanglei, Y. Jinhui, Y. Gang, F. Hua, and J. Fengqiu, "Electronic band gap of ZnO under triaxial strain", J. Wuhan University of Tech.-Mater. Sci. Ed. 28, 48 (2013).
39. R.E. Marotti, D.N. Guerra, C. Bello, G. Machado, and E.A. Dalchiele "Band gap energy tuning of electrochemically grown ZnO thin films by thickness and electrodeposition potential", Sol. Energ. Mat. Sol. C82, 85 (2004).
40. S.S. Kurbanov, G.N. Panin, T.W. Kim, and T.W. Kang, "Impact of visible light illumination on ultraviolet emission from ZnO nanocrystals", Phys. Rev. B78, 045311 (2008).
41. H.D. Li, S.F. Yu, A.P. Abiyasa, Clement Yuen, S.P. Lau, H.Y. Yang, Eunice S.P. Leong, "Strain dependence of lasing mechanisms in ZnO epilayers", Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 261111 (2005).
42. L. Irimpan, V.P.N. Nampoori, P. Radhakrishnan, A. Deepthy, and B. Krishnan, "Size dependent fluorescence spectroscopy of nanocolloids of ZnO", J. Appl. Phys. 102, 063524 (2007).
43. A. Ghosh and R.N.P. Choudhary, "Structural evolution and visible photoluminescence of Zn-ZnO nanophosphor", Phys. Status Solidi A206, 535 (2009).
44. B. Lin, Z. Fu, and Y. Jia, "Green luminescent center in undoped zinc oxide films deposited on silicon substrates", Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 943 (2001).
45. P.S. Xu, Y.M. Sun, C.S. Shi, F.Q. Xu, and H.B. Pan, "The electronic structure and spectral properties of ZnO and its defects", Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. B199, 286 (2003).
46. L. M. Kukreja, P. Misra, J. Fallert, D.M. Phase, and H. Kalt, "Correlation of spectral features of photoluminescence with residual native defects of ZnO thin films annealed at different temperatures", J. Appl. Phys. 112, 013525 (2012).
47. C.H. Ahn, Y.Y. Kim, D.C. Kim, S.K. Mohanta, and H.K. Cho, "A comparative analysis of deep level emission in ZnO layers deposited by various methods", J. Appl. Phys. 105, 013502 (2009).
48. A. Janotti and C.G. Van de Walle, "Native point defects in ZnO", Phys. Rev. B76, 165202 (2007).
49. D.C. Reynolds, D.C. Look, B. Jogai, and H. Morkoc, "Similarities in the band edge and deep-centre photoluminescence mechanisms of ZnO and GaN", Solid State Commun. 101, 643 (1997).
50. D.C. Reynolds, D.C. Look, B. Jogai, J.E. Van Nostrand, R. Jones, and J. Jenny, "Source of the yellow luminescence band in GaN grown by gas-source molecular beam epitaxy and the green luminescence band in single crystal ZnO", Solid State Commun. 106, 701 (1998).
51. A.F. Kohan, G. Ceder, D. Morgan, and C.G. Van de Walle, "First-principles study of native point defects in ZnO", Phys. Rev. B61, 15019 (2000).
52. T. Sekiguchi, N. Ohashi, and Y. Terada, "Effect of hydrogenation on ZnO luminescence", Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Part 2 36, L289 (1997).