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Woosung Jeon1, Jae-Young Leem1
1Department of Nano Science and Engineering, Inje University, 197, Inje-ro, Gimhae-si, Gyeonsangnam-do, 621-749, Korea.
Abstract:
In this study, we fabricated ZnO films from Zn films using an electrochemical system under different oxidation currents of 0.2, 0.5, 1, and 2 mA. Most of the samples showed fluctuating potential values near 0 V, and the pH value also showed the same tendency. The morphology of the ZnO films showed a polycrystalline film form and short hexagonal pillars at the underside and upside, respectively, due to the preferred growth of (101) orientation. In the photoluminescence spectra, the highest value of the near band-edge and deep-level emission ratio indicated that a high-quality ZnO film was obtained. To investigate the photoresponse properties, we measured the dark current and photocurrent using a current-voltage measurement system. The ZnO films with the highest quality showed a large number of photocurrent generations and high responsivity value. We expect that this method can offer a novel method of studying the growth of high-quality ZnO films for application to optoelectronic devices.
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