ZHENG Jian, ZHANG Zhen-zhong, WANG Li-kun etc. Controlled Growth of Pure Cubic Mg<sub>0.3</sub>Zn<sub>0.7</sub>O Thin Films on <em>c</em>-plane Sapphire by Introducing Graded Buffer Layer[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2014,35(9): 1040-1045
ZHENG Jian, ZHANG Zhen-zhong, WANG Li-kun etc. Controlled Growth of Pure Cubic Mg<sub>0.3</sub>Zn<sub>0.7</sub>O Thin Films on <em>c</em>-plane Sapphire by Introducing Graded Buffer Layer[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2014,35(9): 1040-1045 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20143509.1040.
Controlled Growth of Pure Cubic Mg0.3Zn0.7O Thin Films on c-plane Sapphire by Introducing Graded Buffer Layer
Developing growth techniques to suppress phase separation is a key point to realize bandgap modulation of MgZnO from 3.3 to 7.8 eV. A graded quasi-homo buffer layer
composed of a MgO layer and a continuously Zn-increased MgZnO layer
was used to grow pure cubic Mg
x
Zn
1-
x
O thin films on
c
-plane sapphire by MOCVD method. The Zn content in rocksalt Mg
x
Zn
1-
x
O is expanded to ~0.7 and the optical bandgap of the films was decreased as low as 4.45 eV
corresponding to the long wavelength edge of solar-blind band. Parallel experiments suggested that the buffer layer played an important role as a structural template for the following growth of Mg
0.3
Zn
0.7
O epilayers and a substrate temperature range from 350 ℃ to 400 ℃ was benefit to increase solution of Zn in the RS-MgZnO films. A photoconductive UV detector based on a Mg
0.3
Zn
0.7
O film exhibits responsivity peak at 270 nm and a cutoff wavelength at 295 nm.
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