Blue-green emission from epitaxial yet cation-disordered ZnGeN2-xOx

Melamed, Celeste; Tellekamp, Marshall B.; Mangum, John S.; Perkins, John D.; Dippo, Patricia C.; Toberer, Eric; Tamboli, Adele C.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.051602

Title: Blue-green emission from epitaxial yet cation-disordered ${ZnGeN}_{2 - x} O_{x}$

Journal Article · Fri May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physical Review Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.051602· OSTI ID:1525768

Melamed, Celeste ^[1]; Tellekamp, Marshall B. ^[2]; Mangum, John S. ^[3]; Perkins, John D. ^[2]; Dippo, Patricia C. ^[2]; Toberer, Eric ^[1]; Tamboli, Adele C. ^[1]

National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)

ZnGeN₂ offers a low-cost alternative to InGaN with the potential for band-gap tuning to span the green gap using cation site ordering. The addition of oxygen on the anion site creates an additional degree of electronic tunability. Here, we investigate the structure and optoelectronic properties of an epitaxial ZnGeN_2-xO_x thin film library grown by combinatorial co-sputtering on c-Al₂O₃. Samples exhibit x-ray diffraction patterns and x-ray pole figures characteristic of a wurtzite (cation-disordered) structure with the expected sixfold in-plane symmetry. Transmission electron microscopy reveals a semicoherent interface with periodic dislocations that relieve strain from the large lattice mismatch and also confirms the in-plane and out-of-plane crystallographic orientation. Room-temperature photoluminescence exhibits peaks between 2.4 and 2.8 eV which are consistent with a sharp absorption onset observed by UV-vis spectroscopy. These results demonstrate low-cost synthesis of optically active yet cation disordered ZnGeN_2-xO_x, indicating a path toward application as a blue-green emitter.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1525768

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1513314

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5K00-72835; PRMHAR

Journal Information:: Physical Review Materials, Vol. 3, Issue 5; ISSN 2475-9953

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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