β-FeSi2 thin-films grown by a pulsed laser deposition

2000 ◽  
Vol 648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shin-ichiro Uekusa ◽  
Yasuharu Watanabe ◽  
Yasuhiro Aida ◽  
Noboru Miura

AbstractOrthorhombic β-FeSi2 thin-films were prepared on Si(100) and Si(111) substrates by a pulsed laser deposition method. When the substrate temperature was 500°C, β-FeSi2 thin-films were grown on Si(100) and Si(111) substrates. The thin-films grown on Si(100) and Si(111) substrates were polycrystalline and monocrystalline structures, respectively. The values of band-gap energy calculated from transmittance measurements were 0.71-0.72 eV. From Raman scattering measurements, it was found that the distortion due to the lattice mismatch between a β-FeSi2 thin-film and a Si substrate originates in the β-FeSi2/n-Si interface. Moreover, the fine crystals of β-FeSi2 existed in an amorphous thin-film which was grown on Si(111) substrate at room temperature (RT).From van der Pauw measurements, conduction type, carrier concentration and Hall mobility were p-type, 1018-1021 cm−3 and 200-500 cm2/Vsec, respectively. The p-n diode characteristics of these heterostructure diodes were investigated by I-V and C-V measurements. The results indicate that the carrier distribution agrees with an ideal one-sided slope junction.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robynne Lynne PALDI ◽  
Xing Sun ◽  
Xin Li Phuah ◽  
Juanjuan Lu ◽  
Xinghang Zhang ◽  
...  

Self-assembled oxide-metallic alloyed nanopillars as hybrid plasmonic metamaterials (e.g., ZnO-AgxAu1-x) in a thin film form are grown using a pulsed laser deposition method. The hybrid films were demonstrated to be...


1999 ◽  
Vol 574 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Kumar ◽  
K. G. Cho ◽  
Zhang Chen ◽  
V. Craciun ◽  
P. H. Holloway ◽  
...  

AbstractThe growth, structural and cathodoluminescent (CL) properties of europium activated yttrium oxide (Eu:Y2O3) thin films are reported. The Eu:Y2O3 films were grown in-situ using a pulsed laser deposition technique. Our results show that Eu:Y2O3 films can grow epitaxially on (100) LaAlO3 substrates under optimized deposition parameters. The epitaxial growth of Eu:Y2O3 films on LaAlO3, which has a lattice mismatch of ∼ 60 %, is explained by matching of the atom positions in the lattices of the film and the substrate after a rotation. CL data from these films are consistent with highly crystalline Eu:Y2O3 films with an intense CL emission at 611 nm.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (34) ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Iqbal S. Naji

The influence of sintering and annealing temperatures on the structural, surface morphology, and optical properties of Ag2Cu2O4 thin films which deposited on glass substrates by pulsed laser deposition method have been studied. Ag2Cu2O4 powders have polycrystalline structure, and the Ag2Cu2O4 phase was appear as low intensity peak at 35.57o which correspond the reflection from (110) plane. Scan electron microscopy images of Ag2Cu2O4 powder has been showed agglomerate of oxide particles with platelets shape. The structure of thin films has been improved with annealing temperature. Atomic Force micrographs of Ag2Cu2O4 films showed uniform, homogenous films and the shape of grains was almost spherical and larger grain size of 97.85 nm has obtained for film sintered at 600 °C. The optical band gap was increase from 1.6 eV to 1.65 eV when sintering temperature increased to 300 °C and decrease to 1.45 eV at 600 °C for the films deposited at room temperature. Heat treatment of films has been increased the energy band with increasing sintering temperature. Hall coefficient of Ag2Cu2O4 films have a positive sign which means the charge carrier is a p-type. The electrical conductivity decreases with increasing of the sintering temperature for as deposited and annealed films.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-50
Author(s):  
Muhanad A. Ahmed ◽  
Mohammed F. Mohammed Sabri ◽  
Wathiq R. Abed

In this paper, nanostructured silicon carbide (SiC) thin films are deposited onto glass substrate using pulsed laser deposition technique. Electrical and optical characterizations such as conductivity, resistivity, transmission, Seeback effect, absorption, absorption coefficient, energy band gap, and extinction coefficient as a function of photon energy, and the effect of thin films thickness on transmission are carried out to characterize the prepared samples. Results showed that the prepared SiC thin film is an n-type semiconductor with an indirect bandgap of ~3 eV, 448 nm cutoff wavelength, 3.4395 × 104 cm−1 absorption coefficient and 0.154 extinction coefficient. The surface morphology of the SiC thin films is studied using scanning electron microscope at a substrate temperature of 400 °C and it is found that the grain size of the prepared SiC thin film is about 30 nm. As such, the nano thin films optical and structural characteristics enable the films to be used as gases sensors in many optoelectronic devices such as the environment and ultraviolet photodiode.


2000 ◽  
Vol 655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masanori Okuyama ◽  
Toshiyuki Nakaiso ◽  
Minoru Noda

AbstractSr2(Ta1划x, Nbx)2O7(STN) ferroelectric thin films have been prepared on SiO2/Si(100) substrates by the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method. Preferential (110) and (151)-oriented STN thin films are deposited at a low temperature of 600°C in N2O ambient gas at 0.08 Torr. A counterclockwise C-V hysteresis was observed in the metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor (MFIS) structure using Sr2(Ta0.7, Nb0.3)2O7 on SiO2/Si deposited at 600°C. Memory window in the C-V curve spreads symmetrically towards both positive and negative directions when applied voltage increases and the window does not change in sweep rates ranging from 0.1 to 4.0×103 V/s. The C-V curve of the MFIS structure does not degrade after 1010 cycles of polarization reversal. The gate retention time is about 3.0×103 sec when the voltages and time of write pulse are ±15V and 1.0 sec, respectively, and hold bias was -0.5 V.


Coatings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Ping Tang ◽  
Weimin Wang ◽  
Bing Li ◽  
Lianghuan Feng ◽  
Guanggen Zeng

Aluminum antimony (AlSb) is a promising photovoltaic material with a band gap of about 1.62 eV. However, AlSb is highly deliquescent and not stable, which has brought great difficulties to the applications. Based on the above situation, there are two purposes for preparing our Zn-doped AlSb (AlSb:Zn) thin films: One is to make P-type AlSb and the other is to find a way to suppress the deliquescence of AlSb. The AlSb:Zn thin films were prepared on glass substrates at different substrate temperatures by using the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method. The structural, surface morphological, optical, and electrical properties of AlSb:Zn films were investigated. The crystallization of AlSb:Zn thin films was enhanced and the electrical resistivity decreased as the substrate temperature increased. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images indicated that the grain sizes became bigger as the substrate temperatures increased. The Raman vibration mode AlSb:Zn films were located at ~107 and ~142 cm−1 and the intensity of Raman peaks was stronger at higher substrate temperatures. In the experiment, a reduced band gap (1.4 eV) of the AlSb:Zn thin film was observed compared to the undoped AlSb films, which were more suitable for thin-film solar cells. Zn doping could reduce the deliquescent speed of AlSb thin films. The fabricated heterojunction device showed the good rectification behavior, which indicated the PN junction formation. The obvious photovoltaic effect has been observed in an FTO/ZnS/AlSb:Zn/Au device.


1995 ◽  
Vol 388 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. P. Shen ◽  
H. S. Kwok

AbstractIn this paper the results on p-type ZnS, ZnSe, CdS and CdSe thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition will be discussed. these films were deposited on GaAs substrates. Li-doping has been shown to be effective in producing p-type II-VI thin films, while in-doping is excellent for n-type CdS and CdSe thin films. No post-annealing process was used. these preliminary results suggest a possible new approach through pulsed laser deposition to solve the doping problem of II-VI compound semiconductors.


Catalysts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 954
Author(s):  
Anna Cyza ◽  
Łukasz Cieniek ◽  
Tomasz Moskalewicz ◽  
Wojciech Maziarz ◽  
Jan Kusiński ◽  
...  

The aim of the presented investigations was to deposit the thin films La1−xSrxFeO3 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2) on (100) Si substrate by using the Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) method. Structure was exanimated by using XRD, SEM, AFM, TEM and XPS methods. The catalytic properties were analyzed in 4 ppm acetone atmosphere. The doping of Sr thin films La1−xSrxFeO3 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2) resulted in a decrease in the size of the crystallites, the volume of the elemental cell and change in the grain morphology. In the LaFeO3 and La0.9Sr0.1FeO3, clusters around which small grains grow are visible in the structure, while in the layer La0.8Sr0.2FeO3, the visible grains are elongated. The TEM analysis has shown that the obtained thin films had a thickness in the range 150–170 nm with triangular or flat column ends. The experiment performed in the presence of gases allowed us to conclude that the surfaces (101/020) in the triangle-shaped columns and the plane (121/200) faces in flat columns were exposed to gases. The best properties in the presence of CH3COCH3 gas were noted for LaFeO3 thin film with triangle columns ending with orientation (101/020).


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