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http://dx.doi.org/10.4191/KCERS.2005.42.4.245

Growth of ZnO Film by an Ultrasonic Pyrolysis  

Kim, Gil-Young (Department of Materials Engineering, Korea University, Thin Film Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Jung, Yeon-Sik (Thin Film Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Byun, Dong-Jin (Department of Materials Engineering, Korea University)
Choi, Won-Kook (Thin Film Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
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Abstract
ZnO was deposited on sapphire single crystal substrate by an ultrasonic pyrolysis of Zinc Acetate Dehydrate (ZAH) with carrying Ar gas. Through Thermogravimetry-Differential Scanning Calorimetry(TG-DSC), zinc acetate dihydrate was identified to be dissolved into ZnO above $380^{\circ}C$. ZnO deposited at $380-700^{\circ}C$ showed polycrystalline structures with ZnO (101) and ZnO (002) diffraction peaks like bulk ZnO in XRD, and from which c-axis strain ${\Sigma}Z=0.2\%$ and compressive biaxial stress$\sigma=-0.907\;GPa$ was obtained for the ZnO deposited $400^{\circ}C$. Scanning electron microscope revealed that microstructures of the ZnO were dependent on the deposition temperature. ZnO grown below temperature $600^{\circ}C$ were aggregate consisting of zinc acetate and ZnO particles shaped with nanoblades. On the other hand the grain of the ZnO deposited at $700^{\circ}C$ showed a distorted hexagonal shape and was composed of many ultrafine ZnO powers of 10-25 nm in size. The formation of these ulrafine nm scale ZnO powers was explained by the model of random nucleation mechanism. The optical property of the ZnO was analyzed by the photoluminescence (PL) measurement.
Keywords
ZnO; Ultrasonic pyrolysis; Zinc acetate dihydrate; Random nucleation; Photoluminescence;
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