Yellowish-White Emission from Sol-Gel Mediated Lithium and Aluminium Co-Doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films

Abstract:

Li and Al codoped ZnO (LAZO) thin films have been prepared by sol-gel method. There are two emission bands were observed in the spectra of pure ZnO thin films. One band possessed a sharp peak at round 380 nm locating in the UV range; the other band consists of green luminescence. Yellowish-white emission were observed from the LAZO films, which can be fitted into three bands: a strong yellow emission, a moderate green emission and a weak violet emission centered at 598, 538, and 430 nm, respectively. The luminescence color was seen to be yellowish white due to the recombination for the dominant green and yellow emission.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 716-717)
• Pages: 63-66
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.716-717.63
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Xiao Ling Tan*, Wei Hua Zhang, Ju Wei Wang
• Keywords: Codoping, Sol-Gel Method, Zinc Oxide Photoluminescence

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