Acceptor-modulated optical enhancements and band-gap narrowing in ZnO thin films
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Abstract
Fermi-Dirac distribution for doped semiconductors and Burstein-Moss effect have been correlated first time to figure out the conductivity type of ZnO. Hall Effect in the Van der Pauw configuration has been applied to reconcile our theoretical estimations which evince our assumption. Band-gap narrowing has been found in all p-type samples, whereas blue Burstein-Moss shift has been recorded in the n-type films. Atomic Force Microscopic (AFM) analysis shows that both p-type and n-type films have almost same granular-like structure with minor change in average grain size (∼ 6 nm to 10 nm) and surface roughness rms value 3 nm for thickness ∼315 nm which points that grain size and surface roughness did not play any significant role in order to modulate the conductivity type of ZnO. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) have been employed to perform the structural, chemical and elemental analysis. Hexagonal wurtzite structure has been observed in all samples. The introduction of nitrogen reduces the crystallinity of host lattice. 97% transmittance in the visible range with 1.4 × 107 Ω-1cm-1 optical conductivity have been detected. High absorption value in the ultra-violet (UV) region reveals that NZOs thin films can be used to fabricate next-generation high-performance UV detectors.
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OpenAlex topics: ZnO doping and properties · Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors · Ga2O3 and related materials
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Affiliations
Institute of Laser Engineering, Beijing University of Technology 1 , Beijing 100124, PR China
Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2 , Beijing 100190, PR China
Funding
National Natural Science Foundation of China · China Scholarship Council
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