Photoluminescence and photoelectrochemical properties of the spray deposited copper doped zinc oxide thin films

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 7669-7677

  Tarwal, N L ^a,b   Gurav, K V ^c   Mujawar, S H ^b   Sadale, S B ^b   Nam, K W ^a   Bae, W R ^c   Moholkar, A V ^b   Kim, J H ^c   Patil, P S ^b,c   Jang, J H ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Photoelectrochemical properties; Photoluminescence; SEM; XRD; Zinc oxide thin films

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ITO GLASS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SUBSTRATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

DOPED ZINC OXIDE THIN FILMS; HEXAGONAL CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NEAR BAND EDGE EMISSIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ROOM-TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SPRAY-PYROLYSIS TECHNIQUES; XRD; ZINC OXIDE THIN FILMS;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS;

EID: 84897399935     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.12.108     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. 3+ on the growth of ZnO nanograss film and its application in dye-sensitized solar cells Ceram. Int. 39 2013 9637 9644
2. R. Hariharan, S. Senthilkumar, A. Suganthi, and M. Rajarajan Synthesis and characterization of daunorubicin modified ZnO/PVP nanorods and its photodynamic action J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 252 2013 107 115
3. Z.L. Wang Progress in piezotronics and piezo-phototronics Adv. Mater. 24 2012 4632 4646
4. L.A. Ma, and T.L. Guo Morphology control and improved field emission properties of ZnO tetrapod films deposited by electrophoretic deposition Ceram. Int. 39 2013 6923 6929
5. K.V. Gurav, M.G. Gang, S.W. Shin, U.M. Patil, P.R. Deshmukh, G.L. Agawane, M.P. Suryawanshi, S.M. Pawar, P.S. Patil, C.D. Lokhande, and J.H. Kim Gas sensing properties of hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorods with different aspect ratios Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 190 2014 439 445
6. L. Tang, S. Yang, Z. Wang, and B. Zhou Synthesis of hydrophobic ZnO branches by a phase transfer-based solution method Ceram. Int. 39 2013 5771 5776
7. S.S. Shinde, C.H. Bhosale, and K.Y. Rajpure Photoelectrochemical properties of highly mobilized Li-doped ZnO thin films J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biol. 120 2013 1 9
8. N.L. Tarwal, R.S. Devan, Y.R. Ma, R.S. Patil, M.M. Karanjkar, and P.S. Patil Spray deposited localized surface plasmonic Au-ZnO nanocomposites for solar cell application Electrochim. Acta 72 2012 32 39
9. A. Tsukazaki, A. Ohtomo, T. Onuma, M. Ohtani, T. Makino, M. Sumiya, K. Ohtani, S.F. Chichibu, S. Fuke, Y. Segawa, H. Ohno, H. Koinuma, and M. Kawasaki Repeated temperature modulation epitaxy for p-type doping and light-emitting diode based on ZnO Nat. Mater. 4 2005 42 46
10. W.I. Park, and G.C. Yi Electroluminescence in n-ZnO nanorod arrays vertically grown on p-GaN Adv. Mater. 16 2004 87 90
11. J. Zhou, N.S. Xu, and Z.L. Wang Dissolving behavior and stability of ZnO wires in biofluids: a study on biodegradability and biocompatibility of ZnO nanostructures Adv. Mater. 18 2006 2432 2435
12. X.Y. Kong, and Z.L. Wang Spontaneous polarization-induced nanohelixes, nanosprings, and nanorings of piezoelectric nanobelts Nano Lett. 3 2003 1625 1631
13. P.K. Baviskar, P.R. Nikam, S.S. Gargote, A. Ennaoui, and B.R. Sankapal Controlled synthesis of ZnO nanostructures with assorted morphologies via simple solution chemistry J. Alloys Compd. 551 2013 233 242
14. T. Diel, H. Ohno, F. Matsukura, J. Cibert, and D. Ferrand Zener model description of ferromagnetism in zinc-blende magnetic semiconductors Science 287 2000 1019 1022
15. M. Öztas, and M. Bedir Thickness dependence of structural, electrical and optical properties of sprayed ZnO:Cu films Thin Solid Films 516 2008 1703 1709
16. M. Bedir, M. Öztas, A.N. Yacizi, and E.V Kafadar Characterization of undoped and Cu-doped ZnO thin films deposited on glass substrates by spray pyrolysis Chin. Phys. Lett. 23 2006 939 942
17. Y. Jin, Q. Cui, G. Wen, Q. Wang, J. Hao, S. Wang, and J. Zhang XPS and Raman scattering studies of room temperature ferromagnetic ZnO:Cu J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42 2009 215007 (4pp)
18. G.H. Kim, D.L. Kim, B.D. Ahn, S.Y. Lee, and H.J. Kim Investigation on doping behavior of copper in ZnO thin film Microelectron. J. 40 2009 272 275
19. P. Rai, S.K. Tripathy, N.H. Park, I.H. Lee, and Y.T. Yu CTAB-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of single-crystalline copper-doped ZnO nanorods and investigation of their photoluminescence properties J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 21 2010 1036 1041
20. S.N. Rishikeshi, and S. Joshi CuZnO nanocrystallites by aqueous thermolysis method J. Therm Anal. Calorim. 109 2012 1473 1479
21. S. Eustis, D.C. Meier, M.R. Beversluis, and B. Nikoobakht Analysis of copper incorporation into zinc oxide nanowires ACS Nano 2 2008 368 376
22. J.B. Kim, D. Byun, S.Y. Ie, D.H. Park, W.K. Choi, J.W. Choi, and B. Angadi Cu-doped ZnO-based p-n hetero-junction light emitting diode Semiconductor Sci. Technol. 23 2008 095004 (6pp)
23. T. Kryshtab, V.S. Khomchenko, V.B. Khachatryan, N.N. Roshchina, J.A. Andraca-Adame, O.S. Lytvyn, and V.I. Kushnirenko Effect of doping on properties of Zno:Cu and Zno:Ag thin films J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 18 2007 1115 1118
24. Y.I. Alivov, M.V. Chukichev, and V.A. Nikitenko Green luminescence band of zinc oxide films copper-doped by thermal diffusion Semiconductors 38 2004 31 35
25. Z. Zhou, K. Kato, T. Komaki, M. Yoshino, H. Yukawa, M. Morinaga, and K. Morita Electrical conductivity of Cu-doped ZnO and its change with hydrogen implantation J. Electroceram. 11 2003 73 79
26. R. Viswanatha, S. Chakraborty, S. Basu, and D.D. Sarma Blue-emitting copper-doped zinc oxide nanocrystals J. Phys. Chem. B 110 45 2006 22310 22312
27. N.L. Tarwal, V.V. Shinde, A.S. Kamble, P.R. Jadhav, D.S. Patil, V.B. Patil, and P.S. Patil Photoluminescence and photoelectrochemical properties of nanocrystalline ZnO thin films synthesized by spray pyrolysis technique Appl. Surf. Sci. 257 2011 10789 10794
28. H.H. Afify, S.H. El-Hefnawi, A.Y. Eliwa, M.M. Abdel-Naby, and N.M. Ahmed Realization and characterization of ZnO/n-Si solar cells by spray pyrolysis Egypt. J. Solids 28 2005 243 254
29. A. Van der Drift Evolutionary selection, a principle governing growth orientation in vapour-deposited layers Philips J. Res. 22 1967 267 288
30. 2 sensing Sensor Lett. 7 2009 621 628
31. G.B. Williamson, and R.C. Smallman Dislocation densities in some annealed and cold worked metals from measurements on the X-ray Debye-Scherrer spectrum Philos. Mag. 1 1956 34 46
32. Z.B. Bahsi, and A.Y. Oral Effects of Mn and Cu doping on the microstructures and optical properties of sol-gel derived ZnO thin films Opt. Mater. 29 2007 672 678
33. M. Ferhat, A. Zaoui, and R. Ahuja Magnetism and band gap narrowing in Cu-doped ZnO Appl. Phys. Lett. 94 2009 142502 (3 pp)
34. F. Jamali-Sheini, and R. Yousefi Electrochemical synthesis and surface characterization of hexagonal CuZnO nano-funnel tube films Ceram. Int. 39 2013 3715 3720
35. S.J. Chen, Y.C. Liu, C.L. Shao, R. Mu, Y.M. Lu, J.Y. Zhang, D.Z. Shen, and X.W. Fan Structural and optical properties of uniform ZnO nanosheets Adv. Mater. 17 2005 586 590
36. Z.G. Wang, X.T. Zu, S.Z. Yang, and L.M. Wang Blue luminescence from carbon modified ZnO nanoparticles J. Mater. Sci. 41 2006 3729 3733
37. B.J. Jin, S. Im, and S.Y. Lee Violet and UV luminescence emitted from ZnO thin films grown on sapphire by pulsed laser deposition Thin Solid Films 366 2000 107 110
38. K. Vanheusden, W.L. Warren, C.H. Seager, D.R. Tallant, J.A. Voigt, and B.E. Gnade Mechanisms behind green photoluminescence in ZnO phosphor powders J. Appl. Phys. 79 1996 7983 7990
39. Y.Y. Chen, J.G. Duh, B.S. Chiou, and C.G. Peng Luminescent mechanisms of ZnS:Cu:Cl and ZnS:Cu:Al phosphors Thin Solid Films 392 2001 50 55
40. Y. Kanai Admittance spectroscopy of Cu-doped ZnO crystals Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 30 1991 703 707
41. C.X. Xu, X.W. Sun, X.H. Zhang, L. Ke, and S.J. Chua Photoluminescent properties of copper-doped zinc oxide nanowires Nanotechnology 15 2004 856 861
42. X.B. Wang, C. Song, K.W. Geng, F. Zeng, and F. Pan Photoluminescence and Raman scattering of Cu-doped ZnO films prepared by magnetron sputtering Appl. Surf. Sci. 253 2007 6905 6909
43. 1-y J. Appl. Phys. 53 1982 74 92
44. Z.F. Liu, F.K. Shan, J.Y. Sohn, S.C. Kim, G.Y. Kim, Y.X. Li, and Y.S. Yu Photoluminescence of ZnO:Ga thin films fabricated by pulsed laser deposition technique J. Electroceram. 13 2004 183 187
45. V. Sharma, P. Kumar, J. Shrivastava, A. Solanki, V.R. Satsangi, S. Dass, and R. Shrivastav Vertically aligned nanocrystalline CuZnO thin films for photoelectrochemical splitting of water J. Mater. Sci. 46 2011 3792 3801
46. 2 thin films: effect of precursor concentration J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 91 4 2008 1266 1272
47. Y.Y. Lin, Y.Y. Lee, L. Chang, J.J. Wu, and C.W. Chen The influence of interface modifier on the performance of nanostructured ZnO/polymer hybrid solar cells Appl. Phys. Lett. 94 2009 063308 (3 pp)
48. H. Rensmo, K. Keis, H. Lindstrom, S. Sodergren, A. Solbrand, A. Hagfeldt, S.-E. Lindquist, L.N. Wang, and M. Muhammed High light-to-energy conversion efficiencies for solar cells based on nanostructured ZnO electrodes J. Phys. Chem. B 101 1997 2598 2601