RF Sputtering of ZnO (002) Thin Films on Top of 3C-SiC-on-Si (100) Substrates for Low Cost Piezoelectric Devices

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Author(s)
Sasi, V Valliyil
Iqbal, A
Chaik, K
Tanner, P
Iacopi, A
Mohd-Yasin, F
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2016
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In this paper, we deposited c-axis oriented ZnO thin films on top of epitaxial 3C-SiC/Si (100) substrates using RF magnetron sputtering. We investigated the effect of O2/Ar ratio and the post-annealing temperature. The grazing angle incident x-ray diffraction results show that ZnO thin-films are highly oriented along the (002) crystalline direction between the O2/Ar ratio of 30% to 50%, at the post-annealing temperature of 600 ˚C in nitrogen environment. The recipe from this work can be used to develop low cost piezoelectric devices such as an energy harvester.In this paper, we deposited c-axis oriented ZnO thin films on top of epitaxial 3C-SiC/Si (100) substrates using RF magnetron sputtering. We investigated the effect of O2/Ar ratio and the post-annealing temperature. The grazing angle incident x-ray diffraction results show that ZnO thin-films are highly oriented along the (002) crystalline direction between the O2/Ar ratio of 30% to 50%, at the post-annealing temperature of 600 ˚C in nitrogen environment. The recipe from this work can be used to develop low cost piezoelectric devices such as an energy harvester.
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Conference Title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY EUROSENSORS CONFERENCE - EUROSENSORS 2016
Volume
168
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© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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Nanotechnology not elsewhere classified
Engineering