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Title: Blue-green emission from epitaxial yet cation-disordered ZnGeN 2 - x O x

Abstract

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 ZnGeN2-xOx 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 ZnGeN2-xOx, indicating a path toward application as a blue-green emitter.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [2];  [2];  [1];  [1]
  1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
  2. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  3. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1525768
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1513314
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5K00-72835
Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953; PRMHAR
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; optoelectronics; disordered systems; semiconductor compounds; wide band gap systems; epitaxy; photoluminescence; sputtering

Citation Formats

Melamed, Celeste, Tellekamp, Marshall B., Mangum, John S., Perkins, John D., Dippo, Patricia C., Toberer, Eric, and Tamboli, Adele C. Blue-green emission from epitaxial yet cation-disordered ZnGeN2-xOx. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.051602.
Melamed, Celeste, Tellekamp, Marshall B., Mangum, John S., Perkins, John D., Dippo, Patricia C., Toberer, Eric, & Tamboli, Adele C. Blue-green emission from epitaxial yet cation-disordered ZnGeN2-xOx. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.051602
Melamed, Celeste, Tellekamp, Marshall B., Mangum, John S., Perkins, John D., Dippo, Patricia C., Toberer, Eric, and Tamboli, Adele C. Fri . "Blue-green emission from epitaxial yet cation-disordered ZnGeN2-xOx". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.051602. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1525768.
@article{osti_1525768,
title = {Blue-green emission from epitaxial yet cation-disordered ZnGeN2-xOx},
author = {Melamed, Celeste and Tellekamp, Marshall B. and Mangum, John S. and Perkins, John D. and Dippo, Patricia C. and Toberer, Eric and Tamboli, Adele C.},
abstractNote = {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 ZnGeN2-xOx 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 ZnGeN2-xOx, indicating a path toward application as a blue-green emitter.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.051602},
journal = {Physical Review Materials},
number = 5,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Fri May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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