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Visible-Light Sensitivity in N-Doped ZnO Films Prepared by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
Abstract
We report on visible-light sensitivity in N-doped ZnO (ZnO:N) films that were deposited on ITO/quartz substrates by reactive magnetron sputtering. Colored ZnO:N samples showed enhanced polycrystallization and a significant decrease in optical band gap from 3.1 to 2.3 eV with increasing N doping concentration, as determined by x-ray diffraction and optical absorption measurements. Deep-level optical spectroscopy measurements revealed three characteristic deep levels located at ∼0.98, ∼1.20, and ∼2.21 eV below the conduction band. In particular, the pronounced 2.21 eV band is newly introduced by the N doping and behaves as part of the valence band, resulting in the band-gap narrowing of ZnO. Therefore, this deep level is probably one origin of visible-light sensitivity in ZnO:N.
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- MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 957: Symposium K – Zinc Oxide and Related Materials , 2006 , 0957-K07-57
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- Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007