Journal
MATERIALS LETTERS
Volume 88, Issue -, Pages 51-53Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2012.08.017
Keywords
Thin film; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; Oxygen vacancies
Funding
- KIST, Seoul [2V02631]
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We report the synthesis and electronic structure study of ZnCuO nanocrystalline thin film grown on ZnO seed layer by RE magnetron sputtering. X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern reveals the single phase wurtzite structure preferentially grown along c-axis, while crystallite size using Debye Scherer's relation was calculated to be 10 nm. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) depicts a columnar structure with a dense distribution of grains. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) of sputter-cleaned surface reveals a better stoichiometry and reduced oxygen vacancies in comparison to the as-deposited film. The Cu 2p core level spectrum ensures the Cu doping and suggests that Cu exists as Cu2+ and a mixture of Cu2+/Cu+ at the surface of as-deposited and sputter-cleaned film, respectively. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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