热处理对ZnO/Au薄膜结构和压电特性的影响（英文）

通过射频磁控溅射在氧化硅片表面沉积ZnO/Au薄膜,并通过不同的热处理方式对薄膜进行退火。为了研究退火对ZnO/Au薄膜结构和压电特性的影响,采用X射线衍射分析(XRD)、光学显微镜、场发射扫面电镜(FESEM)和压电力分析仪对薄膜退火前后的材料特性进行了分析。研究发现,热处理能够改善ZnO/Au薄膜的结晶质量。特别是在氮气保护氛围下慢速退火后,薄膜结晶质量有明显改善。但是,热处理导致了薄膜的压电系数d33和d31降低。分析认为,热处理过程中Au原子在ZnO中的易迁移特性破坏了ZnO/Au薄膜的压电性能。     

退火对ZnO薄膜光学特性的影响

用射频磁控溅射法在蓝宝石衬底上制备出ZnO薄膜,通过X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)和光致发光(PL)谱等研究了退火温度对ZnO薄膜结构和光学性质的影响。测量结果显示,所制备的ZnO薄膜为六角纤锌矿结构,具有沿c轴的择优取向;随着退火温度的升高,(002)XRD峰强度和平均晶粒尺寸增大,(002)XRD峰半高宽(FWHM)减小,光致发光紫外峰强度增强。结果证明,用射频磁控溅射法通过适当控制退火温度可得到高质量ZnO薄膜。     

退火及超声处理对ZnO薄膜结构和发光特性的影响

 利用对向靶射频磁控溅射系统在Si（100）衬底上制备了ZnO薄膜，并对其进行了退火和超声处理。采用XRD,AFM和光致发光谱对其结构、表面形貌和性能进行了分析。结果表明：沉积态ZnO薄膜（002）择优取向稍差,尺寸较小,表面粗糙度较大。随退火温度的升高，颗粒粒径增大，样品的取向性和结晶度都明显变好，应力状态由压应力转变为张应力,粗糙度降低。超声处理缓解了薄膜中的张应力，晶粒尺寸更趋增大;用波长为280 nm的激发光激发薄膜时，沉积态薄膜无发光峰存在;随着退火温度升高，出现了一个378 nm的紫外峰和一个398 nm的紫峰;紫外峰峰值强度随退火温度升高不断增强，而紫峰的峰位随退火温度升高基本不发生变化，峰值强度增强;700 ℃退火后的薄膜经超声处理后，发光谱中出现了峰值波长为519 nm的绿色发光带。     

ZnO薄膜的制备和结构特性及应变

在SiO₂/Si衬底上面,利用射频磁控溅射方法,在不同的工艺条件下生长ZnO薄膜,然后进行热处理(600～1000℃退火).研究了氩氧比和退火温度对薄膜结晶性能的影响.薄膜的表面结构和晶体特性通过扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)来进行表征.结果表明:所制备的薄膜为多晶纤锌矿结构,具有垂直于衬底的c轴(002)方向的择优取向性.热处理可使ZnO(002)衍射峰相对强度增强,半峰全宽(FWHM)变小,即退火使c轴生长的薄膜取向性增强.未经退火的ZnO薄膜存在张应力,经过热处理后应力发生改变,最后变成压应力,并且随着退火温度的升高,压应力逐渐增大.     

热处理对ZnO/Au薄膜结构和压电特性的影响

通过射频磁控溅射在氧化硅片表面沉积ZnO/Au薄膜,并通过不同的热处理方式对薄膜进行退火。为了研究退火对ZnO/Au薄膜结构和压电特性的影响,采用X射线衍射分析（XRD）、光学显微镜、场发射扫面电镜（FESEM）和压电力分析仪对薄膜退火前后的材料特性进行了分析。研究发现,热处理能够改善ZnO/Au薄膜的结晶质量。特别是在氮气保护氛围下慢速退火后,薄膜结晶质量有明显改善。但是,热处理导致了薄膜的压电系数d33和d31降低。分析认为,热处理过程中Au原子在ZnO中的易迁移特性破坏了ZnO/Au薄膜的压电性能。     

ZnO薄膜/金刚石在不同激励条件下声表面波特性的计算与分析

本文首先以刚度矩阵法为基础, 给出了ZnO薄膜/金刚石在四种不同激励条件下的有效介电常数计算公式. 然后以此为工具, 分别计算了多晶ZnO(002) 薄膜/多晶金刚石和单晶ZnO(002) 薄膜/多晶金刚石的声表面波特性, 并根据计算结果及设计制作声表面波器件的要求, 对ZnO膜厚的选择进行了详细地分析. 最后讨论了ZnO/金刚石/Si复合晶片可以忽略Si衬底对声表面特性影响时对金刚石膜厚的要求. 关键词： 声表面波 压电多层结构 有效介电常数 刚度矩阵法     

电化学沉积高c轴取向ZnO薄膜及其光学性能分析

采用阴极还原方法,在透明导电玻璃(ITO)上制备了高c轴择优取向的ZnO薄膜.通过X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜等表征技术,研究了沉积电流对ZnO薄膜的结构、应力状态及表面形貌的影响;利用光致荧光光谱及透射光谱等分析方法,探讨了沉积电流变化对ZnO薄膜的光学性能的影响.研究结果显示:各沉积电流下均可制得高c轴取向的ZnO薄膜;薄膜表面形貌受电流的影响较大;从透射谱可以看出,薄膜在可见光波段有较高透射率,且薄膜厚度随沉积电流的增大而增大.光致荧光测量表明,电化学沉积的ZnO薄膜具有明显的带隙展宽.而且,随着沉积电流的增加,带隙发光强度逐渐减弱,缺陷发光逐渐增强.     

氧分压对PLD制备ZnO薄膜结构和发光性质的影响

采用脉冲激光沉积(PLD)技术,在Si(100)衬底上制备出高度c轴取向的ZnO薄膜。通过X射线衍射(XRD)谱,扫描电镜(SEM)和室温光致发光(PL)光谱的测量,研究了生长气氛压强的改变对薄膜结构和光致发光的影响。实验结果表明,当氧压从10Pa升高到100Pa时ZnO(002)衍射峰的半峰全宽(FWHM)增大。可以认为这是由于较高的氧压下,到达衬底表面的离子动能减小。这样部分离子没有足够的能量迁移到生长较快的(002)面,c轴取向变差,导致(002)衍射峰的强度降低,半峰全宽增大。随着氧压增大,紫外发光强度增强。这可能是氧压变大,薄膜的化学配比升高,说明化学配比对UV发光的影响要大于薄膜微结构的影响。改变氧气压强对薄膜的表面形貌也有较大的影响。     

Si(001)基片上反应射频磁控溅射ZnO薄膜的两步生长方法

利用反应射频磁控溅射技术，采用两步生长方法制备了ZnO薄膜，探讨了基片刻蚀时间和低温过渡层沉积时间对ZnO薄膜生长行为的影响.研究结果表明，低温ZnO过渡层的沉积时间所导致的薄膜表面形貌的变化与过渡层在Si(001)表面的覆盖度有关.当低温过渡层尚未完全覆盖基片表面时，ZnO薄膜的表面岛尺度较小、表面粗糙度较大，薄膜应力较大；当低温过渡层完全覆盖Si(001)基片后，ZnO薄膜的表面岛尺度较大、表面粗糙度较小，薄膜应力较小.基片刻蚀时间对薄膜表面形貌的影响与低温过渡层的成核密度有关.随着刻蚀时间的增加，ZnO薄膜的表面粗糙度逐渐下降，表面形貌自仿射结构的关联长度逐渐减小. 关键词： ZnO薄膜 反应射频磁控溅射 两步生长 形貌分析     

电化学沉积高c轴取向ZnO薄膜及其光学性能分析

采用阴极还原方法，在透明导电玻璃(ITO)上制备了高c轴择优取向的ZnO薄膜.通过X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜等表征技术，研究了沉积电流对ZnO薄膜的结构、应力状态及表面形貌的影响；利用光致荧光光谱及透射光谱等分析方法，探讨了沉积电流变化对ZnO薄膜的光学性能的影响.研究结果显示：各沉积电流下均可制得高c轴取向的ZnO薄膜；薄膜表面形貌受电流的影响较大；从透射谱可以看出，薄膜在可见光波段有较高透射率，且薄膜厚度随沉积电流的增大而增大.光致荧光测量表明，电化学沉积的ZnO薄膜具有明显的带隙展宽.而且，随着沉积电流的增加，带隙发光强度逐渐减弱，缺陷发光逐渐增强.     

Structural, morphology and electrical properties of layered copper selenide thin film

Thin films of copper selenide (CuSe) were physically deposited layer-by-layer up to 5 layers using thermal evaporation technique onto a glass substrate. Various film properties, including the thickness, structure, morphology, surface roughness, average grain size and electrical conductivity are studied and discussed. These properties are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), ellipsometer and 4 point probe at room temperature. The dependence of electrical conductivity, surface roughness, and average grain size on number of layers deposited is discussed.      

Two-step sputtered ZnO piezoelectric films for film bulk acoustic resonators

This study investigates high-performance ZnO piezoelectric films used for thin film bulk acoustic resonators (TFBAR). The ZnO piezoelectric film was deposited on a Pt/Ti electrode using an RF magnetron sputter by a two-step method at room temperature. The Pt/Ti electrode was deposited by a DC sputtering system, on which, ZnO piezoelectric films were deposited in one step and in two steps to minimize roughness in the first step and produce the preferred orientation in the second. Both field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and atom force microscopy (AFM) revealed that ZnO piezoelectric film deposited by two-step sputtering exhibited favorable characteristics, such as a rigidly precise surface structure with surface roughness of 7.37 nm, even better than in one-step sputtering. Examining the ZnO thin film by X-ray diffraction (XRD) showed a much higher c-axis-preferring orientation than in one-step sputtering. The reflection coefficient of the resonator device was measured using an HP8720 network analyzer. The frequency response of the FBAR device exhibited a return loss of -25 dB at a resonant frequency of 2212 MHz with a high coupling coefficient of 6.7%. PACS 68.55.Jk; 43.35.Ns; 81.15.-z     

Properties of ZnO thin films deposited by DC reactive magnetron sputtering under different plasma power

ZnO thin films were prepared by DC reactive magnetron sputtering under various values of the plasma power at room temperature. The samples were characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical transmittance, photoluminescence (PL), and atomic force microscopy (AFM), respectively. The results show that samples change from ZnO (110) dominant crystal orientation to ZnO (002) dominant crystal orientation with the increase of plasma power. The samples also exhibit compressive intrinsic stresses. The coherent domain size of the film crystallite along with the root mean square (RMS) of the surface roughness increases with the increase of the plasma power. Optical transmittance spectra reveal that all samples have excellent optical properties. With the increase of plasma power, slight optical transmittance decreasing and fundamental absorption edge red shifting were observed. Films prepared under higher plasma powers show weaker emission intensities, which may be related to substoichiometric composition.     

Thickness influence on surface morphology and ozone sensing properties of nanostructured ZnO transparent thin films grown by PLD

Transparent zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films with a thickness from 10 to 200 nm were prepared by the PLD technique onto silicon and Corning glass substrates at 350 °C, using an Excimer Laser XeCl (308 nm). Surface investigations carried out by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) revealed a strong influence of thickness on film surface topography. Film roughness (RMS), grain shape and dimensions correlate with film thickness. For the 200 nm thick film, the RMS shows a maximum (13.9 nm) due to the presence of hexagonal shaped nanorods on the surface. XRD measurements proved that the films grown by PLD are c-axis textured. It was demonstrated that the gas sensing characteristics of ZnO films are strongly influenced and may be enhanced significantly by the control of film deposition parameters and surface characteristics, i.e. thickness and RMS, grain shape and dimension.     

Effect of annealing temperature on photocatalytic activity of ZnO thin films prepared by sol-gel method

Zinc oxide thin films are deposited on Si and quartz substrates using the sol-gel method. The thin films, annealed at 400, 600 and 800 °C respectively, are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer (UV-Vis), fluorescence spectrometer (FL) and the photocatalytic activity is tested by the decomposition of methyl orange dye under UV illumination. The results show that the mean grain size, surface-to-volume ratio, rms roughness and degradation efficiency of the thin films increases with increasing annealing temperature. In particular, ZnO thin film annealed at 800 °C exhibits the highest photocatalytic activity, degrading methyl orange by almost 88% in 180 min. Photocatalytic reaction mechanism of the ZnO thin films is discussed in detail, and the oxygen defects are proposed to be the active sites of the ZnO photocatalyst.     

厚度对未掺杂ZnO薄膜光谱性能的影响

X射线衍射光谱、拉曼光谱和紫外可见透射光谱技术是薄膜材料检测的重要技术手段。通过对薄膜材料光谱性能的分析,可以获得薄膜材料的物相、晶体结构和透光性能等信息。为了解厚度对未掺杂ZnO薄膜的X射线衍射光谱、拉曼光谱和紫外可见透射光谱性能的影响,利用溶胶-凝胶法在石英衬底上旋涂制备了不同厚度的未掺杂ZnO薄膜样品,并对薄膜样品进行了X射线衍射光谱、拉曼光谱和紫外可见透射光谱的检测。首先,通过X射线衍射光谱检测发现,薄膜样品呈现出（002）晶面的衍射峰,ZnO薄膜为六角纤锌矿结构,均沿着C轴择优取向生长,且随着薄膜厚度的增加,衍射峰明显增强,ZnO薄膜的晶粒尺寸随着膜厚的增加而长大。利用扫描电子显微镜对薄膜样品的表面形貌分析显示,薄膜表面致密均匀,具有纳米晶体的结构,其晶粒具有明显的六角形状。通过拉曼光谱检测发现,薄膜样品均出现了437 cm-1的拉曼峰,这是ZnO纤锌矿结构的特征峰,且随着薄膜厚度的增加,其特征拉曼峰强度也增加,进一步说明了随着ZnO薄膜厚度的增加,ZnO薄膜晶化得到了加强。最后,通过紫外可见透射光谱测试发现,随着膜厚的增加,薄膜的吸收边发生一定红移,薄膜样品在可见光区域内的透过率随着膜厚度增加而略有降低,但平均透过率都超过90%。通过对薄膜样品的紫外-可见透射光谱进一步分析,估算了薄膜样品的折射率,定量计算了薄膜样品的光学禁带宽度,计算结果表明：厚度的改变对薄膜样品的折射率影响不大,但其禁带宽度随着薄膜厚度的增加而变窄,且均大于未掺杂ZnO禁带宽度的理论值3.37 eV。进一步分析表明,ZnO薄膜厚度的变化与ZnO晶粒尺寸的变化呈正相关,本质上,吸收边或光学禁带宽度的变化是由于ZnO晶粒尺寸变化引起的。     

Structural characterization and optical properties of UO2 thin films by magnetron sputtering

Uranium dioxide films were deposited on Si (1 1 1) substrates by dc magnetron sputtering method at different sputtering parameters. The structure, morphology and chemical state of the films were studied by field emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy. Influences of film thickness on the microstructure and optical properties were investigated. Experimental results show that the film crystallites are preferentially oriented with the (1 1 1) planes. The average grain size increases with increasing film thickness. AFM images show that the root mean square roughness of the films is between 1.2 nm and 2.1 nm. Optical constants (refractive index, extinction coefficient) of the films in the wavelength range of 350-1000 nm are obtained by ellipsometric spectroscopy. The result shows that the refractive index decreases with the increasing film thickness, while extinction coefficient increases with the film thickness.     

Effects of oxygen pressures on pulsed laser deposition of ZnO films

Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films on Si (1 1 1) substrates were deposited by pulsed laser ablation of ZnO target at different oxygen pressures. A pulsed Nd:YAG laser with wavelength of 1064 nm was used as laser source. The deposited thin films have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Atomic force microscopy (AFM), and Raman spectroscopy. XRD measurements indicate that the ZnO thin films deposited at the oxygen pressure of 1.3 Pa have the best crystalline quality. AFM results show that the surface roughness of ZnO film increases with the increase of oxygen pressure. The Raman results indicate that oxygen ambient plays an important role in removing defects due to excess zinc.     

Deposition of ZnO multilayer on LiNbO3 single crystals by DC-magnetron sputtering

Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were deposited on LiNbO₃ (LN) single crystals with 200 nm thicknesses by three different ways, where coating of zinc (Zn) film was followed by thermal oxidation for four, two, and one steps with 50, 100, and 200 nm thicknesses repeatedly. Sample, which was produced at 4-step of deposition and oxidation of Zn layer, showed high transmittance and low structural defect due to a lower photoluminescence intensity and Urbach energy. Average grain size in X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrograph, and atomic force microscopy (AFM) images for multilayer of ZnO was lower than monolayer of ZnO thin films. Applying multilayer coating technique leads to decrease of surface roughness and scattering on light on surface and fabrication of LiNbO₃ waveguides with lower optical loss.     

Rapid thermal annealing effects on the structural and optical properties of ZnO films deposited on Si substrates

The structural and optical properties of ZnO films deposited on Si substrate following rapid thermal annealing (RTA) have been investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and photoluminescence (PL) measurements. After RTA treatment, the XRD spectra have shown an effective relaxation of the residual compressive stress, an increase of the intensity and narrowing of the full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of the (0 0 2) diffraction peak of the as-grown ZnO film. AFM images show roughening of the film surface due to increase of grain size after RTA. The PL spectrum reveals a significant improvement in the UV luminescence of ZnO films following RTA at 800 °C for 1 min.