Up-Conversion Mechanisms and Application of Rare Earth-Doped ZnO

Abstract:

Zinc oxide (ZnO) the film is a new type of transparent conductive oxides (TCO) material; it has a green environmental application prospect and hopeful to be substitution of indium tin oxide, so it has been the research focus of TCO materials. The rare earth ion like Yb³⁺, and Ho³⁺, Er³⁺ shall be applied to satisfy the up-conversion function, and rare earth elements doped ZnO transparent conductive films will prepared. The play is to study the mechanism of up-conversion and energy transitions that the rare earth ions in the ZnO transparent conductive film. Through the theoretical analysis with the performance of the zinc oxide thin films explore optimization scheme, and aim to prepare out doped-ZnO and transparent conductive film that have both excellent photoelectric performance and up-conversion function. This new type of ZnO transparent conductive film with up-conversion function, it will have important theoretical significance in production of green environment materials and good application prospect in the field of sole cells, photoelectric detection luminescent device and so on.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 312)
• Pages: 373-376
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.312.373
• Online since: February 2013
• Authors: Xiao Li Wu, Yu Zhen Yuan, Han Fa Liu, Yun Yan Liu
• Keywords: Application, Rare Earth-Doped, Up-Conversion Mechanisms, ZNO

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