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Structural, electrical and optical properties of zinc oxide produced by oxidation of zinc thin films

H. Kashani
- 01 Jul 1998 - 
- Vol. 27, Iss: 7, pp 876-882
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In this article, the effects of oxidation temperature on the physical properties of polycrystalline zinc oxide thin films were investigated and it was found that increasing the oxidation temperature deteriorates the preferred c-axis orientation.
Abstract
We have investigated the effects of oxidation temperature on the physical properties of polycrystalline zinc oxide thin films. Zinc thin films are oxidized at different temperatures in air. We have found that increasing the oxidation temperature deteriorates the preferred c-axis orientation. Also, increasing the oxidation temperature enlarges the crystal size and increases the number of needle-shaped crystals on the surface of the ZnO samples. By increasing the oxidation temperature, more than zinc melting point, tensile stresses start to build up in the films. Also by increasing temperature, sheet resistance of the films decreases, while photoluminescence intensity ratio (green to orange) increases. Increasing the oxidation temperature reduces the transparency of the films, too. It is proposed that either an increase in the number of oxygen vacancies or a decrease in the volume of grain boundaries, is responsible for the observed behavior of the films at higher oxidation temperatures.

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