Effect of Al concentration on photoluminescence properties of sol-gel derived hydrogen annealed ZnO

Firoz Khan; Sadia Ameen; Minwu Song; Mushahid Husain; Abdul Mobin; Hyung Shik Shin

doi:10.1007/s12540-013-2019-9

Effect of Al concentration on photoluminescence properties of sol-gel derived hydrogen annealed ZnO

Firoz Khan
, Sadia Ameen
, Minwu Song
, Mushahid Husain
, Abdul Mobin
, Hyung Shik Shin^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The effect of the Al/Zn atomic ratio on the photoluminescence properties of hydrogen annealed undoped and Al rich ZnO (AZO) films was studied. The Al/Zn atomic ratios in the AZO films were varied from 0 to 40%. All the AZO films exhibited three peaks in the UV, green and red regions, whereas the undoped ZnO films had two peaks in the UV and green regions. The PL intensity in the UV and red regions increased with an increase in Al concentrations. The highest PL intensity in the UV region was observed in the 20% Al/Zn atomic ratio due to improvement in crystal quality which was also confirmed by XRD measurements. The PL emission in the red region was due to complex luminescent centers like (V_zn-Al_zn)^-. A blue shift was seen in the red region with the introduction of Al. The 20% AZO films obtained the strongest signal at -420 cm^-1, whereas no FTIR signal was observed at 420 cm^-1 in undoped ZnO. The bond signature at -420 cm^-1 might be responsible for the highest PL intensity in NBE and red regions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	245-250
Number of pages	6
Journal	Metals and Materials International
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-013-2019-9
State	Published - Mar 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
Author Firoz Khan gratefully acknowledges the support from Brain Korea 21 (BK21). The National Research Foundation (NRF) Project # 2011-0029527 is fully acknowledged. We also acknowledge the Korea Basic Science Institute, Jeonju branch for utilizing their research supportive facilities.

Keywords

X-ray diffraction
annealing
chemical synthesis
coating
thin films

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Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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