On the transformation of "zincone"-like into porous ZnO thin films from sub-saturated plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition

Alberto Perrotta*, Julian Pilz, Stefan Pachmajer, Antonella Milella, Anna Maria Coclite

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

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Abstract

The synthesis of nanoporous ZnO thin films is achieved through annealing of zinc-alkoxide ("zincone"-like) layers obtained by plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PE-ALD). The zincone-like layers are deposited through sub-saturated PE-ALD adopting diethylzinc and O 2 plasma with doses below self-limiting values. Nanoporous ZnO thin films were subsequently obtained by calcination of the zincone-like layers between 100-600 °C. Spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were adopted in situ during calcination to investigate the removal of carbon impurities, development of controlled porosity, and formation and growth of ZnO crystallites. The layers developed controlled nanoporosity in the range of 1-5%, with pore sizes between 0.27 and 2.00 nm as measured with ellipsometric porosimetry (EP), as a function of the plasma dose and post-annealing temperature. Moreover, the crystallinity and crystallite orientation could be tuned, ranging from a powder-like to a (100) preferential growth in the out-of-plane direction, as measured by synchrotron-radiation grazing incidence XRD. Calcination temperature ranges were identified in which pore formation and subsequent crystal growth occurred, giving insights in the manufacturing of nanoporous ZnO from Zn-based hybrid materials.

Originalspracheenglisch
Seiten (von - bis)746-759
Seitenumfang14
FachzeitschriftBeilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
Jahrgang10
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Jan. 2019

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Werkstoffwissenschaften (insg.)
  • Physik und Astronomie (insg.)
  • Elektrotechnik und Elektronik

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