期刊
MATERIALS RESEARCH EXPRESS
卷 5, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/aadfc4
关键词
ZnO thin films; hydrothermal synthesis; photoluminescence; metastability effects; diethanolamine; oxygen vacancies; ZnO nanospheres
资金
- National University of Tucuman [PIUNT 26/E535]
- Argentinean agency CONICET [PIP 411]
- Argentinean agency ANPCyT [FONCyT - BID PICT 2015-0865]
Nanocrystalline ZnO films were grown on silicon substrate by hydrothermal synthesis at 125 degrees C, using diethanolamine as additive. A powder containing ZnO spheres, with diameters between 100 to 200 nm and formed by aggregation of ZnO nanoparticles, was also obtained as a secondary reaction product. The samples were studied by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The effects of the [diethanolamine]/[Zn2+] molar ratio on morphological, structural and optical properties were studied, as well as the effect of laser illumination (lambda = 325 nm) and annealing treatment on photoluminescence properties. The film samples exhibited a compact columnar structure, with thickness between 180 to 210 nm, which were not strongly affected by the diethanolamine concentration. The X-ray diffraction patterns from the films evidenced preferred orientation along the c-axis of the ZnO wurzite structure; while the nanospheres did not show any preferential crystalline direction. The PL spectra from the films showed large initial UV emission and a weak defect band centered in the yellow. A PL evolution while the samples were UV illuminated was observed. The relaxation of metastable phases (formed during the low temperature growth) involving the creation of point defects, is suggested. The predominance of the yellow defect band before and after treatment points at oxygen vacancies as the possible point-defect candidate.
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