Correlation of oxygen vacancy variations to band gap changes in epitaxial ZnO thin films

H Liu, F Zeng, Y Lin, G Wang, F Pan - Applied Physics Letters, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The modulation of oxygen vacancies in ZnO epilayers and its effect on optical band gap
have been investigated. The evolution of band gap is correlated with the oxygen vacancy …

Synthesis and characterization of Mg-doped ZnO thin-films electrochemically grown on FTO substrates for optoelectronic applications

R Kara, L Mentar, A Azizi - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Mg-doped ZnO (MZO) thin films were successfully fabricated on fluorine-doped tin-oxide
(FTO)-coated glass substrates by an electrochemical deposition method using aqueous …

Tuning lattice defects and photocurrent response of ZnO thin films by Mg doping and Ar-H2 atmospheric plasma treatment

CY Chang, J Shieh, YL Kuo, JY Guo, SY Chen… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
The effects of Mg doping and Ar-H 2 atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) treatment on
zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were investigated. Mg doping has been demonstrated to facilitate …

Structural and optical properties of zinc magnesium oxide nanoparticles synthesized by chemical co-precipitation

LS Rao, TV Rao, S Naheed, PV Rao - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2018 - Elsevier
By chemical co-precipitation method a series of ZnMgO nanoparticles were synthesized with
the particular composition (1-x) ZnO-xMgO (where 0≤ x≤ 2, all are in mol%). XRD spectra …

The structural, electrical and optical properties of Mg-doped ZnO with different interstitial Mg concentration

Y Hu, H Zeng, J Du, Z Hu, S Zhang - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2016 - Elsevier
Through first principle calculations, we studied the structural, electronic and optical
properties of ZnO doped by interstitial Mg. With the increase of Mg content (x), the …

Assessing hardness and fracture toughness in sintered zinc oxide ceramics through indentation technique

TK Roy - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2015 - Elsevier
Micro hardness of sintered zinc oxide (ZnO) ceramics made from two different particle sizes
was measured in a relatively wider range of applied test load (0.2–49 N). Experimentally …

Structural, optical, and electrical properties of Zn (1-x) MgxO nano-compounds and ZnO/Zn (1-x) MgxO heterostructures

F Ercan, N Alamroo, T Ghrib, T Kayed, B Ozcelik… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the structural, thermal, optical, electrical and magnetic properties of Zn (1-x) Mg
x O (x= 0.0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5) nano-compounds obtained by the addition of MgO to pure ZnO …

Robust room temperature ferromagnetism and band gap tuning in nonmagnetic Mg doped ZnO films

Z Quan, X Liu, Y Qi, Z Song, S Qi, G Zhou, X Xu - Applied Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Mg doped ZnO films with hexagonal wurtzite structure were deposited on c-cut sapphire Al 2
O 3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition. Both room temperature ferromagnetism and band …

Magnesium incorporation-mediated formation of oxygen vacancies in zinc ferrite for PMS activation toward effective photocatalytic 4-nitrophenol degradation

S Alhammadi, S Kang, AH Mady, MHA Azhar… - Applied Surface …, 2024 - Elsevier
Developing highly effective heterogeneous photocatalysts for activating peroxymonosulfate
(PMS) in the photodegradation of chemical effluents remains challenging. In this study, ZnFe …

Significant room-temperature ferromagnetism in porous ZnO films: The role of oxygen vacancies

X Hou, H Liu, H Sun, L Liu, X Jia - Materials Science and Engineering: B, 2015 - Elsevier
Pure porous ZnO films were prepared by direct current reactive magnetron sputtering on
porous anodic alumina substrates. Remarkably large room-temperature ferromagnetism …