Fabrication and characterization of magnetron sputtered arsenic doped p-type ZnO epitaxial thin films

Arsenic doped p-type ZnO thin films were grown on sapphire substrate by magnetron sputtering. As grown films reveal p-type conduction confirmed by Hall-effect and photoluminescence measurements. The p-type film with a hole concentration of 2.16× 10¹⁷ cm⁻³, mobility of 1.30 cm²/V.s and resistivity of 22.29 Ω-m were obtained at substrate temperature of 700 °C. ZnO homojunction synthesized by in-situ deposition of As doped p-ZnO layer on Al doped n-ZnO layer showed p-n diode like characteristics. X-ray pole figure and Transmission Electron Microscope studies confirm epitaxial nature of the films. Photoluminescence results exhibit the peaks associated with donor acceptor pair emission.     

MOCVD法制备的p-ZnO/n-SiC 异质结器件及其电致发光性能

采用光辅助金属有机化学汽相沉积(PA-MOCVD)法在n-SiC(6H)衬底上制备出As掺杂的p型ZnO薄膜,并制备出相应的p-ZnO:As/n-SiC异质结器件。X射线衍射(XRD)和光致发光(PL)测试表明,ZnO薄膜具有较好的结构和光学特性。电流-电压(I-V)测试结果表明,该型异质结器件具有良好的整流特性,开启电压为5.0 V,反向击穿电压约为-13 V。正向偏压下,器件的电致发光(EL)谱表现出两个分别位于紫外和可见光区域的发光峰,通过和ZnO、SiC的PL谱对照,证实异质结器件的发光峰来源于ZnO侧的辐射复合。