Effect of Different Substrate Temperature on Phosphorus-Doped ZnO Thin Films Prepared by PLD on Sapphire Substrates

Phosphorus-doped ZnO （ZnO：P） thin films are deposited on a c-plane sapphire in oxygen at 350℃, 450℃, 550℃ and 650℃, respectively, by pulsed laser deposition （PLD）, then all the ZnO：P samples are annealed at 650℃ in oxygen with a pressure of 1 × 10^5 Pa. X-ray diffraction measurements indicate that the crystalline quality of the ZnO：P thin films is improved with the increasing substrate temperature from 350℃ to 550℃. With a further increase of the deposition temperature, the crystalline quality of the ZnO：P sample is degraded. The measurements of low-temperature photoluminescence spectra demonstrate that the samples deposited at the substrate temperatures of 350℃ and 450℃ show a strong acceptor-bound exciton （A^0X） emission. The electrical properties of ZnO：P films strongly depend on the deposition temperature. The ZnO：P samples deposited at 350℃ and 450℃ exhibit p-type conductivity. The p-type ZnO：P film deposited at 450℃ shows a resistivity of 1.846Ω·cm and a relatively high hole concentration of 5.100 × 10^17 cm^-3 at room temperature.     

衬底温度对PLD方法制备的ZnO薄膜的光学和电学特性的影响

利用脉冲激光沉积法(PLD)在c面蓝宝石衬底上制备了ZnO薄膜并对其进行了X射线衍射(XRD)、反射式高能电子衍射(RHEED)、光致发光(PL)谱和霍尔(Hall)测试.RHEED和XRD分析表明,温度在350℃至550℃之间时,ZnO薄膜的结晶质量随着衬底温度的升高而提高,当衬底温度进一步升高后,ZnO薄膜的结晶质量开始下降.四个样品中,衬底温度为550℃的样品具有最清晰的规则点状RHEED图像和半高宽最窄的(0002)衍射峰.PL谱和Hall测量的结果表明,衬底温度为550℃的样品还具有最好的发光性质和最大的霍尔迁移率.