Defect Structure in (Zn,Mg)O Films Prepared on YSZ Substrate

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The defect structure of undoped ZnO and (Zn1-x,Mgx)O solid-solution films were deposited on YSZ substrate with pulsed laser deposition (PLD) to investigate defect equilibria in those films. In particular, the effects of thermal treatment on the structures and prosperities of (Zn1-x,Mgx)O solid-solution films were examined. The films with high MgO concentration (x>0.12) decomposed to the wurtzite-type and rock-salt-type phase after thermal treatment, indicating that the solubility limit of Mg was about x=0.12 and the wurtzite-type (Zn,Mg)O films with x>0.12 were indicated to be non-equilibrium ones. The subsequent analyses of oxygen diffusivity in those films revealed that the films under non-equilibrium state, i.e., wurtzite-type (Zn1-x,Mgx)O with x>0.12, contained significantly high concentration of anion defects.

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