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Kek, Reeson and Yap, Seong Ling and Koh, Song Foo and Nee, Chen Hon and Tou, Teck Yong and Yap, Seong Shan (2019) Effects of background gases and pressure in pulsed laser deposition of Al-doped ZnO. In: The 5th International Conference on Advanced Electromaterials (ICAE 2019), 5-8 Nov 2019, Ramada Plaza Jeju Hotel, Jeju, South Korea.

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Abstract

Background gases (O2, He or Ar) with the pressure from ~ 10−3 Pa to 133.3 Pa are used in 355 nm laser deposition of Al-doped ZnO at room temperature. The effects of these gases and pressure on plasma formation are studied by optical emission spectroscopy (OES) and time of flight (TOF) measurement. The OES results show that the emission intensity of the species in O2 and Ar decrease slightly and then increase exponentially above ~ 5 Pa. The emission intensity in Ar is the highest, followed by emission in O2 whilst the emission in He is low and weakly depend on background gas pressure. TOF measurements indicate that the ion velocity decrease with increasing O2 and Ar pressure at about 5–10 Pa. The ion velocity is highest in He while the ion velocities in O2 and Ar are similar. Thin-film samples deposited in different gas at 2.6 Pa are amorphous, but those deposited at 133.3 Pa are crystalline and exhibit different morphologies and optical properties depending on type of gas. Samples deposited in O2 are highly transparent but those deposited in He and Ar contain nano and micron-sized structures with <50% transmittance. In addition, Zn crystallites are detected by X-ray diffraction.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Pulsed laser deposition, Laser produced plasma, Background gases, Pressure, Aluminum-doped zinc oxide, Nanostructured films
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK2896-2985 Production of electricity by direct energy conversion
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering (FOE)
Depositing User:	Ms Rosnani Abd Wahab
Date Deposited:	14 Oct 2021 13:54
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2021 13:55
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/9543

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