Control of a- and c-plane preferential orientations of ZnO thin films

Dae Hyung Cho, Ji Hong Kim, Byung Moo Moon, Yeong Deuk Jo, Sang Mo Koo

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    Abstract

    We report orientation-controllable growth of ZnO thin films and their orientation-dependent electrical characteristics. ZnO thin films were deposited on single-crystalline (1 0 0) LaAlO 3 and (1 0 0) SrTiO 3 substrates using pulsed laser deposition (PLD) at different substrate temperatures (400-800 °C). It was found that the orientation of ZnO films could be controlled by using different substrates of single-crystalline (1 0 0) LaAlO 3 and (1 0 0) SrTiO 3 . The a-plane (1 1 over(2, ̄) 0) and c-plane (0 0 0 2) oriented ZnO films are formed on LaAlO 3 and SrTiO 3 , respectively. In both cases, the degree orientation increased with increasing deposition temperature T s . Both the surface free energy and the degree of lattice mismatch are ascribed to play an important role for the orientation-controllable growth. Further characterization show that the grain size of the films with both orientations increases for a substrate temperature increase (i.e. from T s = 400 °C to T s = 800 °C), whereas the electrical properties of ZnO thin films depend upon their crystalline orientation, showing lower electrical resistivity values for a-plane oriented ZnO films.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3480-3484
    Number of pages5
    JournalApplied Surface Science
    Volume255
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009 Jan 1

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was partly supported by “system IC2010” project of Korea Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy.

    Keywords

    • Lattice mismatch
    • Orientation control
    • Pulsed laser deposition
    • TLM
    • X-ray diffraction
    • ZnO thin films

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemistry
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • General Physics and Astronomy
    • Surfaces and Interfaces
    • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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