scholarly journals X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) Analysis of Undoped ZnO and ZnO:Er Thin Films

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Iwan Sugihartono ◽  
Esmar Budi ◽  
Agus Setyo Budi

Undoped ZnO and ZnO:Er  thin films were deposited on p-type Si substrates by ultrasonic spray pyrolisis (USP). Undoped and ZnO:Er thin films have been analyzed by using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). The results show that the XPS spectrum has two Er peak at ∼157 eV and ∼168 eV. The XPS Zn 2p spectrum of undoped ZnO and ZnO:Er thin films have binding energy for Zn 2p3/2 (~ 1021 eV) and Zn 2p1/2 (~1045eV) were found no shift in binding energy after the incorporation of Er. Meanwhile, after Er incorporates into ZnO, the O 1s spectrum is composed two peak of binding energy (BE) at ~530.5eV and the shoulder about 532.5 eV.Keywords: ZnO thin films, ZnO:Er, XPS, binding energy

2009 ◽  
Vol 311 (8) ◽  
pp. 2341-2344 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.D. Yuan ◽  
Z.Z. Ye ◽  
J.Y. Huang ◽  
Z.P. Zhu ◽  
C.L. Perkins ◽  
...  

1989 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.D. Richmond

ABSTRACTFor the first time the (1102) surface of sapphire has been investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to ascertain chemical changes resulting from annealing in vacuum at 1300° C and 1450° C. As received substrates had a substantial surface C contaminant. For substrates that were chemically cleaned before inserting them into the MBE system no trace of carbon is detected. A residual flourine contaminant results from the cleaning procedure and is desorbed by the vacuum annealing. Spectra of annealed substrates are compared to the unannealed chemically cleaned substrates. The annealed substrates exhibit 0.4 to 0.5 eV shift to higher binding energy of the Al peak and a 0.3 eV shift to higher binding energy of the O peak. In addition, a 2% depletion of oxygen from the surface occurs.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao ◽  
Li ◽  
Ai ◽  
Wen

A kind of devices Pt/Ag/ZnO:Li/Pt/Ti with high resistive switching behaviors were prepared on a SiO2/Si substrate by using magnetron sputtering method and mask technology, composed of a bottom electrode (BE) of Pt/Ti, a resistive switching layer of ZnO:Li thin film and a top electrode (TE) of Pt/Ag. To determine the crystal lattice structure and the Li-doped concentration in the resulted ZnO thin films, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) tests were carried out. Resistive switching behaviors of the devices with different thicknesses of Li-doped ZnO thin films were studied at different set and reset voltages based on analog and digital resistive switching characteristics. At room temperature, the fabricated devices represent stable bipolar resistive switching behaviors with a low set voltage, a high switching current ratio and a long retention up to 104 s. In addition, the device can sustain an excellent endurance more than 103 cycles at an applied pulse voltage. The mechanism on how the thicknesses of the Li-doped ZnO thin films affect the resistive switching behaviors was investigated by installing conduction mechanism models. This study provides a new strategy for fabricating the resistive random access memory (ReRAM) device used in practice.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (21) ◽  
pp. 4509
Author(s):  
Weijia Yang ◽  
Fengming Wang ◽  
Zeyi Guan ◽  
Pengyu He ◽  
Zhihao Liu ◽  
...  

In this work, we reported a comparative study of ZnO thin films grown on quartz glass and sapphire (001) substrates through magnetron sputtering and high-temperature annealing. Firstly, the ZnO thin films were deposited on the quartz glass and sapphire (001) substrates in the same conditions by magnetron sputtering. Afterwards, the sputtered ZnO thin films underwent an annealing process at 600 °C for 1 h in an air atmosphere to improve the quality of the films. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), ultraviolet-visible spectra, photoluminescence spectra, and Raman spectra were used to investigate the structural, morphological, electrical, and optical properties of the both as-received ZnO thin films. The ZnO thin films grown on the quartz glass substrates possess a full width of half maximum value of 0.271° for the (002) plane, a surface root mean square value of 0.50 nm and O vacancies/defects of 4.40% in the total XPS O 1s peak. The comparative investigation reveals that the whole properties of the ZnO thin films grown on the quartz glass substrates are comparable to those grown on the sapphire (001) substrates. Consequently, ZnO thin films with high quality grown on the quartz glass substrates can be achieved by means of magnetron sputtering and high-temperature annealing at 600 °C.


1994 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Jian Meng ◽  
Carlos P. Moreira de Sá ◽  
M.P. dos Santos

2011 ◽  
Vol 383-390 ◽  
pp. 6289-6292
Author(s):  
Jian Ting He ◽  
Bo Xue Tan ◽  
Qin Qin Wei ◽  
Yuan Bin Su ◽  
Shu Lian Yang

ZnO thin films were deposited on n-Si (111) substrates at various oxygen partial pressures by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to analyze the influence of the oxygen partial pressure on the crystallization and morphology of the ZnO thin films. An optimal crystallized ZnO thin film was observed at the oxygen partial pressure of 6.5Pa. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to analyze the surface components and distribution status of various elments in ZnO thin films. It was found that ZnO thin films were grown in Zn-rich state.


2003 ◽  
Vol 780 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Craciun ◽  
D. Craciun ◽  
J. M. Howard ◽  
R. K. Singh

AbstractZrC thin films were grown on Si substrates by the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique. X- ray photoelectron spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction and reflectivity, variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry, and four point probe measurements were used to investigate the composition, density, thickness, surface morphology, optical and electrical properties of the grown structures. It has been found that crystalline films could be grown only by using fluences above 6 J/cm2 and substrate temperatures in excess of 500 °C. For a fluence of 10 J/cm2 and a substrate temperature of 700 °C, highly (100)-textured ZrC films exhibiting a cubic structure (a=0.469 nm) and a density of 6.7 g/cm3 were deposited. The use of a low-pressure atmosphere of C2H2 had a beneficial effect on crystallinity and stoichiometry of the films. All films contained high levels of oxygen contamination, especially in the surface region, because of the rather reactive nature of Zr atoms.


1992 ◽  
Vol 259 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. George ◽  
R. P. Vasquez ◽  
S. S. Kim ◽  
R.W. Fathauer ◽  
W. T. Pike

ABSTRACTThe nature of light-emitting porous Si layers produced by non-anodic stain etching of p-type (100) Si substrates is studied. The layers were characterized by transmission electron microscopy as being amorphous in nature. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electron spin resonance measurements show these layers to be composed mainly of a-Si. The formation mechanism of the a-Si is explored using by stain etching SiGe ‘marker’ layers within epitaxially grown Si films and by high temperature annealing. These experiments provide strong evidence for a spontaneous crystalline-amorphous phase transformation during the etching process.


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