Study on Micro-Structure of Al-Doped ZnO Thin Films

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Al-doped ZnO thin films(ZnO:Al)were prepared by sol-gel process, the influence of preparation parameters on micro-structure was studied by XRD. The results showed that the solution concentration of 0.65mol/L was multi-axis orientation and when the concentration reached 0.8mol/L the film showed c-axis preferred growth; when film was too thin, showing amorphous, with the film thickness increased, ZnO:Al film turned multi-axis orientation to (002) plane preferential growth; the grain could not get enough energy to move to the right place for crystal when annealing temperature was too low, with the annealing temperature increased, ZnO:Al turned from multi-axis orientation to c-axis preferred orientation.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 512-515)

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1730-1733

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May 2012

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© 2012 Trans Tech Publications Ltd. All Rights Reserved

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