ZHAO Peng-cheng, ZHANG Zhen-zhong, YAO Bin etc. Effect of Boron on Nitrogen Doped p-type ZnO Thin Films[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2014,35(7): 795-799
ZHAO Peng-cheng, ZHANG Zhen-zhong, YAO Bin etc. Effect of Boron on Nitrogen Doped p-type ZnO Thin Films[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2014,35(7): 795-799 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20143507.0795.
Effect of Boron on Nitrogen Doped p-type ZnO Thin Films
A stable and repeatable p-type ZnO is the key to realize the practical applications of photoelectric devices. Nitrogen has been considered as a possible acceptor dopant for p-type ZnO for a long time. However
the low solubility of nitrogen acceptor at oxygen site in ZnO is considered to be one of the main obstacles for p-type ZnO. In this paper
B/N co-doped p-type ZnO thin films were grown on sapphire substrate by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. The effect of boron on the nitrogen doping was studied by comparing with the single nitrogen doped thin films. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrated there exists boron and BN bond in the ZnO thin film. Compared to the single N-doped sample
B/N codoped samples present much higher carrier density. And the ZnO:(B
N) thin films show stable p-type conduction in two years. It is attributed to the increase of solubility of nitrogen acceptor. It benefits from the strong B-N bonding and weak donor character of boron at zinc site. Boron will not bring strong compensation for acceptors. It suggests that boron is a good co-doping candidate for nitrogen doped ZnO thin films.
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