Abstract
Here, the unambiguous effect of cooling rate on structural, electrical, and optical properties of a-plane ZnO:Al on r-plane sapphire grown by pulsed laser deposition at 700 °C is reported. A high cooling rate (∼100 °C/min) can result in stripe morphology along m-direction and significant deformation on the epitaxial films of a-plane ZnO:Al with deteriorated crystallinity and significantly lowered resistivity. Also, photoluminescence spectra exhibit high intensities of excess violet and green emissions with low intensity of near band edge luminescence. Comparison with pure a-plane ZnO films is also presented.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 151907 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 101 |
Issue number | 15 |
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State | Published - 8 Oct 2012 |