The Journal of
the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

The Journal of
the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

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  • pISSN : 1738-8228
  • eISSN : 2288-8241

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Title Influence of Li atoms on the properties of ZnO thin films synthesized by sol-gel spin-coating method
Authors 김영규(Young Gyu Kim); 박형길(Hyung Gil Park); 지익수(Ik Soo Ji); 김소아람(So A Ram Kim); 김종수(Jong Su Kim); 김진수(Jin Soo Kim); 김양수(Yang Soo Kim); 임재영(Jae Young Leem)
DOI https://doi.org/10.3365/KJMM.2014.52.5.385
Page pp.385-390
ISSN 1738-8228(ISSN), 2288-8241(eISSN)
Keywords Zinc oxide; Sol-gel; Lithium; Thin films; Optical properties; X-ray diffraction
Abstract Undoped and Li-doped ZnO(LZO) thin films were grown on quartz substrates by a sol-gel spin- coating method. The effects of Li contents on the structural and optical properties of the ZnO thin flims were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), photoluminescence (PL), and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer. In the XRD investigation, undoped and LZO thin films had a wurtzite structure and high c-axis orientation. The intensity and the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the (002) peak for LZO was the largest and smallest at 2.5 at%, which indicate that the LZO thin film is the most crystalline at 2.5 at%. In the PL investigation, the near band edge emissions of the LZO thin films were blue-shifted and the FWHM of the LZO thin films decreased with increasing Li doping concentrations.