Zinc vacancy and erbium cluster jointly promote ferromagnetism in erbium-doped ZnO thin film
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 215 Chengbei Road, Shanghai 201800 (China)
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (China)
Zn{sub 1-x}Er{sub x}O (0.005 ≤ x ≤ 0.04) thin films have been prepared by inductively coupled plasma enhanced physical vapor deposition method. Ferromagnetism, crystal structure, microstructure and photoluminescence properties of the films were characterized. It is found that the chemical valence state of Er is trivalent, and the Er{sup 3+} cations play an important role in ferromagnetism. Both saturated magnetization (M{sub s}) and zinc vacancy (V{sub Zn}) are decreased with the increase of x from 0.005 to 0.03. However, further increasing x to 0.04, the M{sub s} is quenched due to the generation of Er clusters. It reveals that the intensity of M{sub s} is not only associated with the V{sub Zn} concentration, but also related to the Er clusters. The V{sub Zn} concentration and the Er clusters can jointly boost the ferromagnetism in the Zn{sub 1-x}Er{sub x}O thin films.
- OSTI ID:
- 22253106
- Journal Information:
- AIP Advances, Vol. 4, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2014 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2158-3226
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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