Cu)-doped ZnO thin films were prepared on the n-type Si (100) substrate by means of sol-gel process. The structure
surface morphology and photoluminescence properties of the ZnO films were investigated. The results show that all of ZnO thin film samples have strong
c
-axis preferred orientation. The visible luminescence intensity of Li-doped ZnO films increases with the dopant concentration. The visible light emission can be attributed to the incorporation of transitions derived from the singly ionized oxygen vacancy to the top of valence band and Li
Zn
acceptor states. Similarly
the yellow-green emission might be due to the incorporation of transitions derived from the singly ionized oxygen vacancy to the top of valence band and Cu
Zn
acceptor states. With the increase of Cu dopant concentration
the transition of singly ionized oxygen vacancy to Cu
Zn
acceptor states plays a dominative role.
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