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Title: Zinc vacancy and erbium cluster jointly promote ferromagnetism in erbium-doped ZnO thin film

Abstract

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.

Authors:
; ;  [1]; ; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 215 Chengbei Road, Shanghai 201800 (China)
  2. Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22253106
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Advances
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: (c) 2014 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 2158-3226
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; DOPED MATERIALS; ERBIUM; ERBIUM IONS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PLASMA; THIN FILMS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDES

Citation Formats

Chen, Hong-Ming, Zhou, Ren-Wei, Li, Fei, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, Liu, Xue-Chao, Zhuo, Shi-Yi, Shi, Er-Wei, and Xiong, Ze. Zinc vacancy and erbium cluster jointly promote ferromagnetism in erbium-doped ZnO thin film. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4871937.
Chen, Hong-Ming, Zhou, Ren-Wei, Li, Fei, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, Liu, Xue-Chao, Zhuo, Shi-Yi, Shi, Er-Wei, & Xiong, Ze. Zinc vacancy and erbium cluster jointly promote ferromagnetism in erbium-doped ZnO thin film. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4871937
Chen, Hong-Ming, Zhou, Ren-Wei, Li, Fei, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, Liu, Xue-Chao, Zhuo, Shi-Yi, Shi, Er-Wei, and Xiong, Ze. 2014. "Zinc vacancy and erbium cluster jointly promote ferromagnetism in erbium-doped ZnO thin film". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4871937.
@article{osti_22253106,
title = {Zinc vacancy and erbium cluster jointly promote ferromagnetism in erbium-doped ZnO thin film},
author = {Chen, Hong-Ming and Zhou, Ren-Wei and Li, Fei and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049 and Liu, Xue-Chao and Zhuo, Shi-Yi and Shi, Er-Wei and Xiong, Ze},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4871937},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22253106}, journal = {AIP Advances},
issn = {2158-3226},
number = 4,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}