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Passivation of Defects in ZnO by Hydrogen Plasma Irradiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

Naoki Ohashi
Affiliation:
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1–1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–0044, Japan
Takamasa Ishigaki
Affiliation:
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1–1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–0044, Japan
Takashi Sekiguchi
Affiliation:
Nano-Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1–2–1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–0047, Japan
Isao Sakaguchi
Affiliation:
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1–1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–0044, Japan
Hajime Haneda
Affiliation:
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1–1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–0044, Japan
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Abstract

Hydrogen doping effects on luminescence properties of bulk ZnO samples were examined by using a pulse-modulated plasma irradiation technique. Three kinds of ZnO samples, including both single- and poly-crystals, were employed as specimens. Secondary-ion-mass-spectroscopy analysis revealed that the surface layer to 100 nm was doped with hydrogen after the irradiation and its concentration was in the order of 1017 cm-3. The efficiency of band edge emission was increased by the hydrogenation. However, the degree of the improvements depended on impurity and defect concentration in the original samples.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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