Hydrogen-related complexes in Li-diffused ZnO single crystals

Corolewski, Caleb D.; Parmar, Narendra S.; Lynn, Kelvin G.; McCluskey, Matthew D.

doi:10.1063/1.4959106

Title: Hydrogen-related complexes in Li-diffused ZnO single crystals

Journal Article · Thu Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4959106· OSTI ID:1325779

Corolewski, Caleb D. ^[1]; Parmar, Narendra S. ^[1];

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Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a wide band gap semiconductor and a potential candidate for next generation white solid state lighting applications. In this work, hydrogen-related complexes in lithium diffused ZnO single crystals were studied. In addition to the well-known Li-OH complex, several other hydrogen defects were observed. When a mixture of Li2O and ZnO is used as the dopant source, zinc vacancies are suppressed and the bulk Li concentration is very high (>1019 cm-3). In that case, the predominant hydrogen complex has a vibrational frequency of 3677 cm-1, attributed to surface O-H species. When Li2CO3 is used, a structured blue luminescence band and O H mode at 3327 cm-1 are observed at 10 K. These observations, along with positron annihilation measurements, suggest a zinc vacancy – hydrogen complex, with an acceptor level ~0.3 eV above the valence-band maximum. This relatively shallow acceptor could be beneficial for p-type ZnO.

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Research Organization:: Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46386

OSTI ID:: 1325779

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1267528; OSTI ID: 1489138

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 120, Issue 3; ISSN 0021-8979

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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