致密ZnO薄膜的电化学制备及光学性能研究

采用电化学沉积法在ITO导电玻璃上沉积1层致密的ZnO薄膜。用扫描电镜（SEM）对在不同电解液浓度、电压和时间下制备的ZnO薄膜的表面形貌作了表征,并观测了ZnO薄膜的厚度,结果表明当电解液的质量分数为1.2%,电压为1.0V,时间为60s时,制备的ZnO薄膜致密且厚度仅为120nm,利用分光光度计测得ZnO薄膜在可见光波段的透射率高于50%,为ZnO薄膜在多层光学超材料中的应用奠定了基础。     

脉冲激光沉积ZnO薄膜的结构和光学特性研究

采用脉冲激光，在Si（001）衬底上生长ZnO薄膜，利用X射线衍射（XRD），原子力显微镜（AFM）和光致发光光谱（PL）等测试手段研究了不同衬底温度所生长的ZnO薄膜结构特征和光学性能。研究表明：衬底温度影响ZnO薄膜结构和光学性能。在500℃～600℃沉积范围内随着温度升高，ZnO薄膜结构和光学性能提高。     

透明致密ZnO薄膜的恒电流沉积及生长过程研究

采用阴极恒电流沉积方法, 以Zn(NO ₃)₂水溶液为电沉积液, 在经电化学预处理后的ITO导电玻璃上生长了具有c轴高度择优取向、均匀致密的透明ZnO薄膜. 采用X射线衍射、扫描电镜和光学透过谱等技术, 对不同沉积时间条件下薄膜的结晶特性、表面和断面结构、光学性质等进行了研究. 结果表明, 沉积时间对ZnO薄膜质量影响明显: 在薄膜生长后期(120min), ZnO薄膜的结晶性和表面平整度明显降低, 晶粒尺寸增大, 可见光透过率下降, 表明高质量ZnO薄膜的电化学沉积有一最佳生长时间; 此外, 薄膜厚度随时间呈线性变化, 表明可通过生长时间实现对ZnO薄膜厚度的精确控制.     

氧压对用PLD法生长氧化锌薄膜的电学特性的影响

本文研究了用脉冲激光沉积（PLD）法制备ZnO薄膜，给出了在不同氧压下生长氧化锌（ZnO）薄膜的XRD谱、表面的AFM图以及电阻率、迁移率、载流子浓度以及导电类型等电学特性，为探索制备P型ZnO薄膜提供实验依据。     

衬底离子束表面氮化对ZnO薄膜性质的影响

采用射频磁控溅射法在抛光硅片上沉积了一系列ZnO薄膜样品.通过对薄膜样品X射线衍射谱的分析、原子力显微图的观察、吸收光谱和荧光光谱的研究,发现Si衬底的离子束表面氮化对ZnO薄膜的晶体结构、表面形貌和光学性质有重要影响.在衬底温度为200℃、高纯氩氧比例为3:1、压强为1.5Pa的条件下,在经离子束表面氮化预处理的Si衬底上溅射沉积的ZnO薄膜,经450℃真空退火,成为高(0002)晶面取向的ZnO薄膜,并具有良好的光学性质.     

沉积温度和退火处理对脉冲激光沉积的 ZnO∶Al 膜性能的影响

利用脉冲激光沉积法制备了ZnO∶Al透明导电薄膜.通过对膜的霍尔系数测量及 AFM、XRD分析,详细研究了温度和退火处理对薄膜结构、表面形貌及光电性能的影响.结果表明沉积温度影响膜的电学、光学性能和膜的结晶状况.制备的薄膜均具有ZnO(002)择优取向的多晶膜.在240～310℃沉积的薄膜具有最低的电阻率,其值为6.1×10-4Ω·cm,在240℃沉积的薄膜在氩气中退火薄膜的电阻率下降为4. 7×10-4Ω·cm.所有薄膜在可见光区的平均透过率均达到了90%以上.     

退火温度与ZAO透明导电薄膜晶体结构及特性关系的研究

用射频磁控溅射ZAO陶瓷靶的方法在石英衬底上成功制备了ZAO透明导电薄膜。用X射线衍射仪（XRD）、紫外可见（UV—Vis）分光光度计、扫描电子显微镜（SEM）、原子力显微镜（AEM）等手段，研究了薄膜的晶体结构、光学禁带宽度、表面和断面形貌与退火温度的变化关系。结果表明，低温段300℃以下退火的薄膜c轴较ZnO体材料有拉长现象；高温度段500℃到600℃退火的薄膜的晶粒直径变化平稳，其中500℃退火时，c轴也有拉长的效应，且形成良好的c轴趋向柱状晶薄膜；2．50℃退火时薄膜的光学禁带宽度最大，薄膜表面均匀致密，晶粒充分团聚结晶。     

电泳沉积法制备ZnO/SnO_2复合薄膜及其光催化性能研究

在导电玻璃FTO基底上,利用电泳沉积技术成功制备了ZnO/SnO2复合薄膜,并对样品进行了SEM和XRD表征,并以降解罗丹明B为模型反应,考察不同条件下制备的复合薄膜的光催化活性。结果表明电泳沉积时间为20min时,可得到表面致密均匀的ZnO薄膜,膜厚为0.5μm,且随着电泳沉积时间的延长,薄膜的光催化速率不断增加,沉积时间为20min时,光催化速率达到最大（0.016min-1）,如此优异的光催化性能可能是由于异质结构光催化剂ZnO/SnO2减小光生电子-空穴的复合几率,提高了复合催化剂的光催化效率。此外,还研究了热处理温度对ZnO/SnO2复合薄膜光催化效率的影响,结果发现在300℃热处理的光催化薄膜对罗丹明B的降解率最好,活性最高。     

溶胶一凝胶法制备ZnO：Al导电薄膜的研究

采用溶胶-凝胶工艺在普通载玻片上制备出C轴择优取向的ZnO：Al透明导电薄膜。利用扫描电镜（SEM）、X射线衍射仪（XRD）等分析手段对薄膜进行了表征。通过标准四探针法及紫外分光光度计（UVS）透射光谱研究了ZnO：Al薄膜的电学与光学性能。实验发现：当Al^3＋离子掺杂浓度为2％（原子分数），前处理温度为220℃、退火温度为580℃时，薄膜具有较好的导电性，电阻率为1．76×10^-3Ω-cm，其在可见光的平均透射率在80％左右。     

纳米晶NiO薄膜的电化学沉积及其光学性能研究

以Ni(NO_3)_2水溶液为沉积液,采用阴极电化学沉积法在FTO导电玻璃上制备了纳米晶NiO薄膜。通过X射线衍射、紫外-可见光透过谱等手段表征薄膜结晶性、表面微观形貌以及光学特性。结果表明,沉积电位以及沉积时间均对电化学沉积法薄膜沉积过程存在重要影响。在优化条件下(沉积电压为-0.9V、沉积时间为2~5min),所获薄膜致密均一,无裂纹,对可见光的透过率高达85%。     

Effect of precursor on epitaxially grown of ZnO thin film on p-GaN/sapphire (0 0 0 1) substrate by hydrothermal technique

Single crystalline ZnO thin film on p-GaN/sapphire (0 0 0 1) substrate, using two different precursors by hydrothermal route at a temperature of 90 °C were successfully grown. The effect of starting precursor on crystalline nature, surface morphology and optical emission of the films were studied. ZnO thin films were grown in aqueous solution of zinc acetate and zinc nitrate. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that all the thin films were single crystalline in nature and exhibited wurtzite symmetry and c-axis orientation. The thin films obtained with zinc nitrate had a more pitted rough surface morphology compared to the film grown in zinc acetate. However the thickness of the films remained unaffected by the nature of the starting precursor. Sharp luminescence peaks were observed from the thin films almost at identical energies but deep level emission was slightly prominent for the thin film grown in zinc nitrate.     

衬底温度对PLD方法生长的ZnO薄膜结构和发光特性的影响

在不同的衬底温度下, 通过脉冲激光淀积的方法在Si衬底上生长出c轴高度取向的ZnO薄膜. ZnO薄膜的结构和表面形貌通过X射线衍射和原子力显微镜表征. 同时以He-Cd激光和同步辐射作为激发源来测试样品的发光特性. 实验结果表明, 在衬底温度为500℃时生长的ZnO薄膜具有非常好的晶体质量, 并且表现出很强的紫外发射. 在用同步辐射为激发源的低温(18K)光致发光谱中, 还观察到了一个位于430nm处的紫光发射, 我们认为这个紫光发射与存在于晶粒间界的界面势阱所引起的缺陷态有关, 这个势阱可能起源于Zn填隙(Zn _i)     

Growth and characterization of electrosynthesised zinc oxide thin films

Zinc oxide (ZnO) films have been electrodeposited from an aqueous solution containing 0.1 M zinc nitrate as the electrolyte with pH around 5±0.1. The deposition was carried out by galvanostatic reduction with an applied cathodic current density in the range between 5 and 20 mA cm⁻². The influence of bath composition on the preparation of ZnO films is studied. The effects of zinc nitrate concentration and cathodic current density on the deposition rate of ZnO films were also studied. An optimum current density of 10 mA cm⁻² is identified for the growth of ZnO film with improved crystallinity and optical transmittance. The crystalline structure of the deposits studied by X-ray diffraction reveals the possibility of growing hexagonal ZnO films under suitable electrochemical conditions. The surface morphological studies by scanning electron micrographs revealed the presence of nodular appearance for films deposited at 800 °C bath temperatures.     

Structural, Morphological and Optical Properties of ZnO Thin Films Grown on γ-LiAlO2 Substrate by Pulsed Laser Deposition

ZnO thin films were deposited on the substrates of (100) γ-LiAlO2 at 400, 550 and 700℃ using pulsed laser deposition (PLD) with the fixed oxygen pressure of 20 Pa, respectively. When the substrate temperature is 400℃, the grain size of the film is less than 1 μm observed by Leitz microscope and measured by X-ray diffraction (XRD). As the substrate temperature increases to 550℃, highly-preferred c-orientation and high-quality ZnO film can be attained.While the substrate temperature rises to 700℃, more defects appears on the surface of film and the ZnO films become polycrystalline again possibly because more Li of the substrate diffused into the ZnO film at high substrate temperature. The photoluminescence (PL) spectra of ZnO films at room temperature show the blue emission peaks centered at 430 nm. We suggest that the blue emission corresponds to the electron transition from the level of interstitial Zn to the valence band. Meanwhile, the films grown on γ-LiAlO2 (LAO) exhibit green emission centered at 540 nm, which seemed to be ascribed to excess zinc and/or oxygen vacancy in the ZnO films caused by diffusion of Li from the substrates into the films during the deposition.     

阴极电沉积高c轴取向ZnO薄膜及其光学性能的研究

以硝酸锌水溶液为电沉积液,采用两步法电沉积技术在ITO导电玻璃上电沉积出透明致密的ZnO薄膜.利用电势-pH计算和循环伏安实验得到适宜的溶液pH值和电沉积电势,采用X射线衍射、热重-差热、光致发光谱和透射光谱对ZnO薄膜的结构、组成和光学性能进行了表征.结果表明,所制备的ZnO薄膜在c轴方向上具有高度的择优取向性质,平均粒径为纳米级,性能稳定、单一,发光性能良好,可见光区透射率较高.此类产品在太阳能电池和光电子器件等光学材料方面具有很高的应用价值.     

Preferential growth of ZnO thin films by the atomic layer deposition technique

Preferred orientation of ZnO thin films deposited by the atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique could be manipulated by deposition temperature. In this work, diethyl zinc (DEZn) and deionized water (H(2)O) were used as a zinc source and oxygen source, respectively. The results demonstrated that (10.0) dominant ZnO thin films were grown in the temperature range of 155-220?°C. The c-axis crystal growth of these films was greatly suppressed. Adhesion of anions (such as fragments of an ethyl group) on the (00.2) polar surface of the ZnO thin film was believed to be responsible for this suppression. In contrast, (00.2) dominant ZnO thin films were obtained between 220 and 300?°C. The preferred orientations of (10.0) and (00.2) of the ZnO thin films were examined by XRD texture analysis. The texture analysis results agreed well with the alignments of ZnO nanowires (NWs) which were grown from these ZnO thin films. In this case, the nanosized crystals of ZnO thin films acted as seeds for the growth of ZnO nanowires (NWs) by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. The highly (00.2) textured ZnO thin films deposited at high temperatures, such as 280?°C, contained polycrystals with the c?axis perpendicular to the substrate surface and provided a good template for the growth of vertically aligned ZnO NWs.     

Influence of precursor source on sol–gel deposited ZnO thin films properties

Zinc oxide thin films were deposited by sol gel technique on glass substrates using different precursors (zinc acetate, zinc nitrate and zinc chloride). In the present work we investigate the precursor nature influence on structural, morphological, optical, electrical properties and photocatalytic activity of ZnO thin films. For this purpose we have used X-rays diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), UV–visible spectroscopy and Hall effect measurements for films characterization. The obtained results indicated that ZnO films properties are strongly influenced by the nature of the used precursor as reactant. Films photocatalytic activity was evaluated by the photo-degradation of methylene blue (MB) dissolved in aqueous solution under UV-A light. The obtained results indicated that ZnO thin films prepared from zinc acetate are more efficient than those prepared from zinc nitrate and zinc chloride.     

Effect of AZO seed layer on electrochemical growth and optical properties of ZnO nanorod arrays on ITO glass

We report the structural and optical properties of ZnO nanorod arrays (NRAs) grown by an electrochemical deposition process. The ZnO NRAs were grown on indium tin oxide (ITO) coated glass substrates with a thin sputtered Al-doped ZnO (AZO) seed layer and compared with ones directly grown without the seed layer. The growth condition dependence of ZnO NRAs was investigated for various synthetic parameters. The morphology and density of the ZnO NRAs were accordingly controlled by means of zinc nitrate concentration and growth time. From photoluminescence results, the ultraviolet emission was significantly enhanced after thermal treatment. For ZnO NRAs grown on ITO glass without the seed layer, the diffuse transmittance was enhanced despite the reduction in the total transmittance, indicating a high haze value. By using a thin AZO seed layer, the well-aligned ZnO NRAs on AZO/ITO glass are controllably and reproducibly synthesized by varying the growth parameters, exhibiting a total transmittance higher than 91% in the visible wavelength range as well as good optical and crystal quality.     

Influence of Al concentration on structural and optical properties of Al-doped ZnO thin films

Undoped ZnO and Al-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Al) thin films with different Al concentrations were prepared onto Si (100) substrate by pulsed filtered cathodic vacuum arc deposition system at room temperature. The influence of doping on the structural and optical properties of thin films was investigated. The preferential (002) orientation was weakened by high aluminum doping in films. Raman measurement was performed for the doping effects in the ZnO. Atomic force microscopy images revealed that the surface of undoped ZnO film grown at RT was smoother than that of the Al-doped ZnO (ZnO:Al) films. The reflectance of all films was studied as a function of wavelength using UV–Vis–NIR spectrophotometer. Average total reflectance values of about 35 % in the wavelength range of 400–800 nm were obtained. Optical band gap of the films was determined using the reflectance spectra by means of Kubelka–Munk formula. From optical properties, the band gap energy was estimated for all films.     

Application of pulsed laser deposited zinc oxide films to thin film transistor device

Transparent zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were deposited on various substrates using a pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique. During the PLD, oxygen pressure and substrate temperature were varied in order to find an optimal preparation condition of ZnO for thin film transistor (TFT) application. Dependence of optical, electrical and crystalline properties on the deposition conditions was investigated. The ZnO thin films were then deposited on SiN/c-Si layer structures in order to fabricate a TFT device. The pulsed laser deposited ZnO films showed a remarkable TFT performance: field effect mobility (μ_FE) of 2.4-12.85 cm²/V s and ratio of on and off current (R_on/off) in 2-6 order range. Influence of ZnO preparation conditions on the resulting TFT performance was discussed.