利用磁控溅射在GaN/蓝宝石衬底上生长ZnO薄膜

Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were grown on n-GaN/sapphire substrates by radio-frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering. The films were grown at substrate temperatures ranging from 400 to 700 ℃ for 1 h at a RF power of 80 W in pure Ar gas ambient. The effect of the substrate temperature on the structural and optical properties of these films was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and photoluminescence (PL) spectra. XRD results indicated that ZnO films exhibited wurtzite symmetry and c-axis orientation when grown epitaxially on n-GaN/sapphire. The best crystalline quality of the ZnO film is obtained at a growth temperature of 600 ℃. AFM results indicate that the growth mode and degree of epitaxy strongly depend on the substrate temperature. In PL measurement, the intensity of ultraviolet emission increased initially with the rise of the substrate temperature, and then decreased with the temperature. The highest UV intensity is obtained for the film grown at 600 ℃ with best crystallization. oindent     

磁控溅射NiO/ZnO透明异质结二极管及其光电特性研究

采用磁控溅射方法在ITO玻璃基板上沉积NiO,ZnO,AZO三层透明氧化物薄膜,成功制备了NiO/ZnO透明异质结二极管.实验结果表明,PN结展示出明显的I-V整流特性,正向开启电压1V;在氙灯光照条件下,二极管反向电流在5V偏置时,达到1.5 mA.二极管在可见光的平均透过率约为25%.     

柔性PEN衬底ZnO：Ga薄膜的性能研究

以PEN柔性薄膜作为衬底,采用直流对靶磁控溅射的方法,在室温下制备ZnO：Ga薄膜。研究了不同溅射功率和不同溅射压强下制备出的薄膜表现出不同的光学和电学特性。经过溅射压强和溅射功率的优化,获得薄膜厚约900nm、电阻率为7．72×10^-4Ω·cm和可见光平均透过率超过75％的PEN衬底ZnO：Ga薄膜。将其应用于PE...     

磁控溅射ZnO薄膜的退火热力学行为研究

本文利用原子力显微镜、透射电子显微镜、X射线衍射等分析手段研究了反应射频磁控溅射截然不同的阶段,其临界转变温度在790 ℃附近.进一步分析表明,决定低温退火的晶粒长大机制为Zn填隙原子扩散机制,而决定高温退火时的晶粒长大机制为O空位扩散机制.界面分析结果显示:在临界转变温度以下,ZnO薄膜与基体Si之间基本不发生界面反应;在高温退火过程中,ZnO薄膜与基体Si之间的界面反应主要以氧化后的Si表面层向ZnO扩散的方式进行,并导致了薄膜应力的迅速增加,而界面反应开始之前的薄膜应力的变化,则是由于晶粒合并所引起的.     

Epitaxial growth of Ge thin film on Si (001) by DC magnetron sputtering

We have demonstrated that sub-10 nm-thick heteroepitaxial Ge films on Si (001) having smooth surfaces can be obtained by DC magnetron sputtering. Ge films grown at 350 °C preserve the smooth surfaces with a roughness root mean square (RMS) of 0.39 nm, whereas, the Ge films grown at 500 °C show significant roughness with an island-like morphology. In samples grown at 350 °C, it is confirmed that the Ge films are grown epitaxially by cross-section transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) rocking curve measurements. Rapid thermal annealing (RTA) at 720 °C is effective in improving the crystalline quality and the degradation in the roughness is negligible. Raman spectra and an XRD reciprocal space map reveal that the epitaxial Ge grown at 350 °C show an in-plane compressive strain and that the strain continues to remain after a 720 °C RTA.     

Investigation on a source of dominant donor in vanadium-doped ZnO films grown by reactive RF magnetron sputtering

The influences of O₂ gas addition in argon plasma on reactive RF magnetron sputtering deposition of vanadium-doped ZnO (VZO) films were examined. ZnO or VZO films with vanadium concentration of 2 at% were deposited on a quartz substrate. Vanadium doping caused oxygen deficiency in ZnO and formed a large number of zinc interstitials (Zn_i), oxygen vacancies (V_O), and zinc vacancies (V_Zn). Carrier density of VZO decreased from 9×10²⁰ to 9×10¹⁸ cm⁻³ between O₂ partial pressure ratio (α_O2) of 0.6% and 1.0% in spite of the increase in valence number of vanadium. This result suggests that Zn_i is the dominant donor in VZO since Zn_i is a shallow-level defect. Average optical transmittance (T_v) at wavelength between 450 and 800 nm of VZO was 61% while that of ZnO was 82% without oxygen addition. Although the optical transmittance of VZO was largely deteriorated by optical absorption of V_O, T_v of VZO improved by oxygen addition and reached 85% at α_O2 of 1.0% via suppression of V_O formation.     

在蓝宝石衬底上低压MOVPE生长GaN单晶

研究用水平反应室低压金属有机物汽相外延方法在Ｃ面及Ｒ面蓝宝石衬上外延生长ＣａＮ单晶。讨论了反应室中气流分布和汽相反应对ＧａＮ外延生长的影响提出了不同的衬底晶向对外延ＧａＮ表面形貌产生影响的机制。     

透明导电薄膜ZnO:Zr的反应磁控溅射法制备及表征

以Zn金属靶和Zr金属片组成的Zn:Zr为靶材,利用直流反应磁控溅射法在玻璃衬底上制备ZnO:Zr透明导电薄膜。研究了靶与衬底之间的距离对所制备薄膜结构和性能的影响。实验制备的ZnO:Zr薄膜为六方纤锌矿结构的多晶薄膜,且具有与衬底方向垂直的c轴择优取向。实验结果表明,靶与衬底之间的距离对ZnO:Zr薄膜的结构、生长速率、密度及电学性能有很大影响。靶与衬底之间的最佳距离为6.0cm,在此条件下制备的ZnO:Zr薄膜具有最小电阻率1.78×10-3Ω.cm,其可见光透过率为88.5%,折射率为2.04。     

磁控溅射技术制备织构化表面Al掺杂ZnO薄膜

以Zn-Al(Al:2wt.%)合金为溅射靶材,采用直流反应磁控溅射的方法,在普通玻璃衬底上制备Al掺杂ZnO(AZO)薄膜。通过对衬底温度的调制,在较高衬底温度下(～280℃),无需经过常规溅射后腐蚀工艺过程,即可获得表面形貌具有特征陷光结构的AZO薄膜,其表面呈现"类金字塔"状,粗糙度RMS=65.831nm。通过测试薄膜的结构特性、表面形貌及其光电性能,详细地研究了衬底温度对AZO薄膜性能的影响。X射线衍射(XRD)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)测试表明,所有样品均为多晶六角纤锌矿结构,薄膜呈(002)晶面择优生长,其表面形貌随衬底温度的不同而改变。衬底温度为200℃及其以上工艺条件下获得的AZO薄膜,在可见光及近红外范围的平均透过率大于90%,电阻率优于1.5×10-3Ωcm。     

Optical and structural properties of CuCrO2 thin films on c-face sapphire substrate deposited by reactive RF magnetron sputtering

Reactive sputtering with Ar/N₂ mixture gas was introduced to improve stoichiometry of p-type transparent CuCrO₂ films, and effects of N₂ partial pressure ratio (α_N) on optical and structural properties were investigated. Film composition was changed from Cu rich (i.e. Cr poor) to Cr rich (i.e. Cu poor) by N₂ addition, and the stoichiometric film was grown at α_N of about 20%. Although N atoms were not incorporated into the films from analyses of crystal structure and chemical bonding state, both transmittance from visible to near-infrared wavelength and crystallinity were improved at α_N up to 10%. These improvements were attributed to suppression of the CuO formation and promotion of the O-Cu-O dumbbell bonds formation. This was confirmed by the decrease of diffraction intensity from CuO and the increase of vibrational intensity corresponding A_1g mode. From these results, it can be considered that N atoms decreased not only Cu but also excess O in the film. At α_N of 20% or above, transmittance at wavelength of 450 nm and crystallinity deteriorated. This is supposed that excessive N₂ addition probably generated both O and Cu deficiencies. As a result, it was found that slightly Cu-rich composition is suitable to obtain high-transparency CuCrO₂ thin films for practical use.     

Characteristics of Ga-doped ZnO films deposited by pulsed DC magnetron sputtering at low temperature

Characteristics of Ga-doped ZnO (GZO) transparent conductive oxide films have been investigated based on the absorption behavior and chemical states of dopant Ga in the film. GZO samples were prepared by pulsed DC magnetron sputtering at 423 K by varying the sputtering power from 0.6 to 2.4 kW and the Ga₂O₃ concentration in the targets from 0.6 to 5.7 wt%. Absorption spectra of the GZO films in the visible to ultraviolet range were characterized by long absorption tails and shoulders near the absorption edges indicating the presence of impurity states or bands that overlap with the conduction band. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction revealed that substantial portion of the dopant exists as finely dispersed or amorphous metallic Ga and oxide of Ga, which would be related to the formation of the impurity bands or states, especially in the samples with lower Ga content. Presence of these species is correlated to the limited doping efficiency observed in the GZO films.     

Influence of N2 introduction on structural and optical properties of V-doped ZnO thin films grown by low-temperature reactive RF magnetron sputtering

The influences of N₂ introduction to a sputtering gas on structural and optical properties of vanadium-doped ZnO (VZO) films, grown by using reactive RF magnetron sputtering on a quartz substrate at room temperature, were investigated. In the VZO films, V doping caused to form a large number of O vacancies (V_O) and degraded both the c-axis orientation and optical transmittance. While, on the contrary, the ZnO(002) diffraction intensity of 3.5-at.% VZO films increased adding N₂ with a partial pressure ratio (α_N2) >2% reaching a maximum at α_N2 =5%. The average optical transmittance (wavelengths: 450−800 nm) of the 3.5-at.% VZO films was also improved by the N₂ introduction and reached 74% at α_N2 =5%. As a result of the analyses of the chemical binding states of the incorporated N atoms via the Raman spectroscopy and XPS, it was confirmed that the O sites were substituted by the N atoms and the amount of incorporated N increased by the high V doping. From the above, the N₂ introduction was effective to suppress the V_O formation even in room-temperature-grown VZO films, so it enables to improve both the c-axis orientation and optical transmittance.     

反应磁控溅射直接生长绒面结构ZnO:Al-TCO薄膜及其特性研究

利用反应磁控溅射技术,在玻璃衬底上直接生长获得了"弹坑状"绒面结构的ZnO:Al-TCO薄膜。通过梯度O2生长(GOG,gradual oxygen growth)方法改善ZnO薄膜的透过率和绒度特性,并且具有较好的电学性能。通过优化实验,GOG方法生长ZnO:Al薄膜(薄膜结构:11.0sccm/10R+9.5sccm/15R)的"弹坑状"特征尺寸为300～500nm,可见光范围透过率达到90%,方块电阻约为4.0Ω/□,电子迁移率为17.4cm2/V-1.s-1。大面积镀制的ZnO:Al具有良好的绒面结构和电学均匀性,可应用于光伏(PV)产业化推广应用。     

电化学方法生长有序纳米柱阵列的发光性质

采用电化学方法在磁控溅射方法生长的ZnO薄膜上生长垂直于衬底排列的ZnO纳米柱.ZnO薄膜的作用主要是为ZnO纳米柱的生长提供同质外延层.电化学生长的ZnO纳米柱具有良好的晶体质量和发光性能.通过研究其变温发光光谱可以确定其紫外发光峰来自于带边激子的辐射复合.此种方法生长的ZnO纳米柱在场发射显示、蓝紫色和白光发光二极管方面有潜在的应用前景.     

石英衬底上磁控溅射SiC膜退火形成SiC纳米线

用射频磁控溅射法在石英片上溅射SiC膜,然后在氮气气氛下1150℃退火3h后,在石英衬底上生长出SiC纳米线。用x射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)和x光电子能谱(XPS)对样品进行了结构、形貌及组分分析。SEM结果表明,SiC纳米线的直径为20～80纳米,其长度可达7～8微米,甚至于长达十几个微米。     

射频磁控溅射ZnO薄膜的光致发光

用射频磁控溅射法在硅衬底上沉积出具有良好的择优取向的多晶 Zn O薄膜 .在室温下进行光致发光测量 ,观察到明显的紫光发射 (波长为 4 0 2 nm )和弱的紫外光发射 (波长为 384 nm ) .紫光发射源于氧空位浅施主能级到价带顶的电子跃迁 ;紫外光发射则源于导带与价带之间的电子跃迁 .随着光激发强度的增加 ,紫光发射强度超线性增强 ,且稍有蓝移 ,而紫外光发光强度则近似线性增加 .在氧气中高温退火后 ,薄膜结晶质量明显提高 ,紫光发射强度变弱 ,紫外光发射相对增强 .     

射频磁控溅射ZnO薄膜的光致发光

用射频磁控溅射法在硅衬底上沉积出具有良好的择优取向的多晶ZnO薄膜.在室温下进行光致发光测量,观察到明显的紫光发射(波长为402nm)和弱的紫外光发射 (波长为384nm).紫光发射源于氧空位浅施主能级到价带顶的电子跃迁;紫外光发射则源于导带与价带之间的电子跃迁.随着光激发强度的增加,紫光发射强度超线性增强,且稍有蓝移,而紫外光发光强度则近似线性增加.在氧气中高温退火后,薄膜结晶质量明显提高,紫光发射强度变弱,紫外光发射相对增强.     

Effect of V doping on initial growth of ZnO film on c-face sapphire substrate

The effects of the vanadium (V) doping on the initial growth of ZnO films on a c-face sapphire substrate were investigated. The V-doped ZnO (VZO) films were grown at 200 °C by RF magnetron sputtering with various V concentration ranges. The unit cell volume of the VZO films became larger than that of the ZnO films, but the grain size of the VZO films shrank with a smooth surface. It was also found that the V doping enhanced c-axis alignment at the initial growth in the range of about 10–40 nm thick. Furthermore, it can be considered that V atoms were located at the interstitial sites in the state of V3+ from an analysis of the chemical binding states. Therefore, considering the effect of the V doping on the improvement in rotational symmetry of in-plane orientation, epitaxial alignment to the sapphire substrate was enhanced by the interstitial V incorporation.     

磁控溅射法制备高性能ZnO薄膜晶体管

研究了磁控溅射法制备的ZnO薄膜晶体管(TFT)。以NH3处理的热生长SiO2作为绝缘层,控制好Ar-O2比等条件溅射合适厚度的ZnO作为器件的有源层。实验表明,与普通条件下热生长的SiO2绝缘层硅片相比,NH3处理的高性能SiO2绝缘层Si片器件的载流子迁移率至少要高1个数量级以上;溅射条件在Ar-O2比25∶1情况下制作的器件性能最好;ZnO薄膜厚度也对ZnO-TFT性能有很大的影响。实验中,采用了4种膜厚,测试表明,其中25nm厚的ZnO薄膜迁移率最大。     

Magnetic properties of ZnO:Cu thin films prepared by RF magnetron sputtering

ZnO films and ZnO:Cu diluted magnetic semiconductor films were prepared by radio frequency magnetron sputtering on Si (111) substrates, with targets of ZnO and Zn0.99Cu0.01 O, respectively. The plasma emission spectra were analyzed by using a grating monochromator during sputtering. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements indicate the existence of Zni defect in the films, and the valence state of Cu is 1. The X-ray diffraction measurements indicate that the thin films have a hexagonal wurtzite structure and have a preferred orientation along the c-axis. The vibrating sample magnetometer measurements indicate that the sample is ferromagnetic at room temperature, and the origin of the magnetic behavior of the samples is discussed.