Hydrogen incorporation, diffusivity and evolution in bulk ZnO

K. Ip, M. E. Overberg, Y. W. Heo, D. P. Norton, S. J. Pearton, C. E. Stutz, S. O. Kucheyev, C. Jagadish, J. S. Williams, B. Luo, F. Ren, D. C. Look, J. M. Zavada

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Abstract

Hydrogen is readily incorporated into bulk, single-crystal ZnO during exposure to plasmas at moderate (100-300°C) temperatures. Incorporation depths of >25 μm were obtained in 0.5 h at 300°C, producing a diffusivity of ∼8 × 10-10 cm2/Vs at this temperature. The activation energy for diffusion is 0.17 ± 0.12 eV, indicating an interstitial mechanism. Subsequent annealing at 500-600 °C is sufficient to evolve all of the hydrogen out of the ZnO, at least to the sensitivity of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (< 5 × 1015 cm-3). The thermal stability of hydrogen retention is slightly greater when the hydrogen is incorporated by direct implantation relative to plasma exposure, due to trapping at residual damage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2255-2259
Number of pages5
JournalSolid-State Electronics
Volume47
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2003

Keywords

  • Diffusion
  • Hydrogen
  • ZnO

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