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Textured ZnO Thin Films on (0001) Sapphire Produced by Chemical Solution Deposition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

B. Wessler ,
F. F. Lange  and
W. Mader
B. Wessler
Affiliation:
Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universit¨at Bonn, Römerstraße 164, 53117 Bonn, Germany
F. F. Lange
Affiliation:
Materials Department, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
W. Mader
Affiliation:
Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Bonn, Römerstraße 164,53117 Bonn, Germany
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Abstract

Highly textured zinc oxide films were produced on basal plane sapphire substrates by chemical solution deposition. Films with oriented growth were achieved by spin coating a 0.75 M precursor solution of zinc acetate dihydrate and ethanolamine in 2-methoxyethanol, heated at 300 °C/10 min, then at 500 °C/5 h, and finally at 850 °C/12 h. Films were characterized with x-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The films exhibited only the (0002) ZnO line in XRD diagrams, proving a very well-developed out-of-plane texture. At temperatures above 700 °C the ZnAl2O4 spinel was observed, which formed as a reaction layer between sapphire and ZnO. Few specimens produced both in-plane and out-of-plane oriented growth of ZnO on basal plane sapphire. It was hypothesized that the substrate miscut, uncontrolled for the current experiments, could be the cause of the infrequent growth of epitaxial films.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 17 , Issue 7 , July 2002 , pp. 1644 - 1650
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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