• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.161-164
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• 2001

Transmuted impurity atoms formed in neutron-irradiated ZnO thin films were theoretically identified first and then experimentally confirmed by Photoluminescence (PL). ZnO thin films grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy were irradiated by neutron beam at room temperature. Among eight isotropes naturely exiting in ZnO films, only $^{64}Zn$, $^{68}Zn$, $^{70}Zn$ and $^{18}O$ were expected to transmute into $^{65}Cu$, $^{69}Ga$, $^{71}Ga$ and $^{19}F$, respectively. The concentrations of these transmuted atoms were estimated by considering natural abundance, neutron fluence, and neutron cross section. The neutron-irradiated ZnO thin films were characterized by PL. In the PL spectra of these ZnO thin film, the Cu-related PL peaks were seen, but the Ga- or F-associated PL peaks were absent. This observation demonstrates the existence of $^{65}Cu$ in the ZnO. In this paper, emission mechanism of Cu impurities wil1 be described and the reason for the absence of the Ga- or F-associated PL peaks will be discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.178-178
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• 2013

고체내의 결함을 분석하기 위한 장비로는 대표적으로 DLTS (deep level transient spectroscopy)를 이용하여 깊은 준위 결함의 활성화에너지를 구하는 분석법, 투과전자현미경을 이용한 박막의 결정살창 분석법, photoluminescence나 electroluminescence를 이용하여 광학적인 방법으로 결함을 분석하는 방법, 마지막으로 광전류 측정을 통하여 결함을 분석하는 방법 등이 있다. 이 중에서도 빛에 의해서 증가되는 광전류를 이용한 결함 분석 방법은 과거에는 종종 시행되어 왔으나 최근에는 거의 연구되어지고 있지 않고 있다. 고체 내의 많은 결함들이 빛에만 반응하는 결함도 있으며 전기적인 측정을 통해서만 발견되는 결함이 존재하기 때문에 모든 부분을 다 만족시키는 방법은 찾기가 힘들다고 알려져 있다. 한편, ZnO는 octahedral 구조로 공간이 비어있기 때문에 여러 가지 결함이 존재하는데, 그 중에서 valence band 바로 위 0.3~0.5 eV에 존재하는 결함 준위는 Zn 빈자리에 의한 결함으로 이론적으로만 밝혀졌을 뿐 실험적으로는 현재까지 발견되어지고 있지 않다. 본 연구에서는 광전류를 이용하여 n-ZnO/p-Si과 n-ZnO/p-GaN p-n 접합 다이오드 내의 결함에 대한 연구를 진행하였다. ZnO를 UHV 스퍼터링 방법으로 성장하였으며 ZnO의 결함의 양을 조절하기 위해 박막의 두께와 증착할 때의 기판 속도 등을 조절하였다. 이렇게 성장된 ZnO 기반의 다이오드를 광전류 측정을 이용하여 결함을 분석하였다. 실험결과 420 nm 파장의 빛을 다이오드에 주사하였을 때 광전류가 크게 증가하는 것을 확인하였으며 이것은 이론적으로만 주장되어져 왔던 Zn 빈자리 결함에 의한 것으로 판단되었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.353-356
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• 2014

We fabricated organic photovoltaic (OPV) based on ZnO ripple structure on indium tin oxide as electron-collecting layers and PTB7-F20 as donor polymer. In addition, atomic layer deposition (ALD) was used for preparing additional ZnO layers on rippled ZnO. Addition of 2 nm-thick ALD-ZnO resulted in enhanced initial OPV performance and stability. Based on photoluminescence results, we suggest that ALD-ZnO layers reduced number of surface defect sites on ZnO, which can act as electron-hole recombination center of OPV, and increased resistance of ZnO towards surface defect formation.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.30 no.8
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• pp.399-405
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• 2020

In the present investigation we show the effect of Al doping on the length, size, shape, morphology, and sensing property of ZnO nanorods. Effect of Al doping ultimately leads to tuning of electrical and optical properties of ZnO nanorods. Undoped and Al-doped well aligned ZnO nanorods are grown on sputtered ZnO/SiO₂/Si (100) pre-grown seed layer substrates by hydrothermal method. The molar ratio of dopant (aluminium nitrate) in the solution, [Al/Zn], is varied from 0.1 % to 3 %. To extract structural and microstructural information we employ field emission scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction techniques. The prepared ZnO nanorods show preferred orientation of ZnO <0001> and are well aligned vertically. The effects of Al doping on the electrical and optical properties are observed by Hall measurement and photoluminescence spectroscopy, respectively, at room temperature. We observe that the diameter and resistivity of the nanorods reach their lowest levels, the carrier concentration becomes high, and emission peak tends to approach the band edge emission of ZnO around 0.5% of Al doping. Sensing behavior of the grown ZnO nanorod samples is tested for H₂ gas. The 0.5 mol% Al-doped sample shows highest sensitivity values of ~ 60 % at 250 ℃ and ~ 50 % at 220 ℃.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.880-884
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• 2011

ZnO nanorods were grown by hydrothermal method. Two kinds of seed layers, Au film and island seed layers were prepared to investigate the effect of seed layer on ZnO nanorods. The ZnO nanorod on Au island seed layer has more unifom diameter and higher density compared to that of ZnO nanorod on Au film seed layer. The ZnO nanorods on Au island seed layer were annealed at various temperatures ranging from 300 to $850^{\circ}C$. The pinholes at the surface of the ZnO nanorods is formed as the annealing temperature is increased. It is noted that the pyramid structure on the surface of ZnO nanorod is observed at $850^{\circ}C$. The intensity of ZnO (002) diffraction peak in X-ray diffraction pattern and intensity of near band edge emission (NBE) peak in photoluminescence (PL) are increased as the ZnO nanorods were annealed at the temperature of $300^{\circ}C$.

• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.33-38
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• 1997

The green emitting phosphors of the Field Emission Display(FED), Al codoped ZnGa$_{2}$O$_{4}$:Mn, were synthesized and sintered at high temperature. From X-ray diffraction measurements, it was confirmed that poly crystalline ZnGa$_{2}$O$_{4}$ and ZnAI$_{2}$O$_{4}$ solid solution coexist in Al codoped ZnGa$_{2}$O$_{4}$:Mn. Photoluminescence spectra of Al codoped ZnGa$_{2}$O$_{4}$:Mn show that the main peak position is shifted from 504 nm to 513 nm with the increase of Al concentration. The brightness was improved with the amount of Al dopant. It showed the maximum value at the doping level of 0.03 mole and then, it degraded rapidly. These results are due to the superposition of emission from . ZnGa$_{2}$O$_{4}$:Mn and ZnAI$_{2}$O$_{4}$:Mn.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.335-340
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• 2001

$Ga_2O_3$(1 wt%)-doped ZnO(GZO) thin films were grown on ${\alpha}-Al_2O_3$ (0001) by rf magnetron sputtering at $510^{\circ}C$, whose crystal structure was polycrystalline. As-grown GZO thin film shows poor electrical properties and photoluminescence (PL) spectra. To improve these properties, GZO thin films were annealed at 800-$900^{\circ}C$ in $N_2$atmosphere for 3 min. After the rapid thermal annealing(RTA), deep defect-level emission disappears and near-band emission is greatly enhanced. Annealed GZO thin films show very low resisitivity of $2.6\times10^{-4}\Omega$/cm with $3.9\times10^{20}/\textrm{cm}^3$ carrier concentration and exceptionally high mobility of 60 $\textrm{cm}^2$/V.s. These improved physical properties are explained in terms of translation of doped-Ga atoms from interstitial to substitutional site.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.28.1-28.1
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• 2009

이 연구에서는, 열수화법을 사용하여 ZnO 나노막대를성장 온도와 성장 농도를 변화하여 그 효과에 대해서 조사하였다. Zn 화합물의 농도는 0.02 M~0.08 M 로 변화를 주었고, 성장 온도는 $60{\sim}80^{\circ}C$ 로 유지하였다. 우리는 SEM 으로 부터 성장 온도가 증가할 때에 수직으로 더 빨리 자라는 것을 확인하였고, 성장 농도가 증가할 때에 diameter가 증가하는것을 확인 할 수가 있었다. 성장 속도에 농도와 온도가 매우 큰 영향을 주는 것을 확인을 할 수 가있었다. 또한, Photoluminescence (PL) 로부터 성장 온도가 $80^{\circ}C$ 이고, 0.08 M 에서 UV emission 이 가장 강하게 나타 났으며, 가장 좋은 결정질을확인 하였다. 그러므로, ZnO 나노 막대의 직경과 길이를두 성장 변수롤 통하여 제어가 가능 하게 되었다. 또한, ZnO 나노 막대를 저온에서 성장 할 수 있어 투명 플렉서블 소자에 적용이 될 가능성을 보였다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.13 no.10
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• pp.668-672
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• 2003

The ZnO nanorods were synthesized using vapor-solid (VS) method on sodalime glass substrate without the presence of metal catalyst. ZnO nanorods were prepared thermal evaporation of Zn powder at $500^{\circ}C$. As-fabricated ZnO nanorods had an average diameter and length of 85 nm and 1.7 $\mu\textrm{m}$. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that the ZnO nanorods were single crystalline with the growth direction perpendicular to the (101) lattice plane. The influences of reaction time on the formation of the ZnO nanorods were investigated. The photoluminescence measurements showed that the ZnO nanorods had a strong ultraviolet emission at around 380 nm and a green emission at around 500 nm.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.73-78
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• 2009

Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanorods arrays were deposited on ZnO buffered p-Si(100) substrates by hydrothermal method. The ZnO buffer layer with a thickness of 30 nm was deposited by metal oxide chemical vapor deposition at $500^{\circ}C$. The structural and optical properties of ZnO nanorods arrays controlled by precursor concentrations from 0.06 to 0.5 M were studied by FE-SEM(field emission scanning electron microscopy), XRD(X-ray diffraction), and PL(photoluminescence), respectively. It was found that the structural and optical properties of ZnO nanorods arrays are changed significantly with increase of precursor concentration. The sizes of diameter and length of nanorods were increased as the concentration increase, and good optical property was shown with the concentration of 0.3 M.