In-doped gallium oxide micro- and nanostructures: morphology, structure, and luminescence properties

The influence of indium doping on morphology, structural, and luminescence properties of gallium oxide micro- and nanostructures is reported. Indium-doped gallium oxide micro- and nanostructures have been grown by thermal oxidation of metallic gallium in the presence of indium oxide. The dominant mo...

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Autores: Lopez, Inaki, Utrilla, Antonio D., Nogales Díaz, Emilio, Méndez Martín, María Bianchi, Piqueras De Noriega, Francisco Javier, Peche, Andrea, Ramírez Castellanos, Julio, González Calbet, José María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/44056
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44056
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Beta-Ga_2O_3
Growth
Spectroscopy
Evaporation
Nanowires
Nanorods
Surfaces
Layers
Física de materiales
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Sumario:The influence of indium doping on morphology, structural, and luminescence properties of gallium oxide micro- and nanostructures is reported. Indium-doped gallium oxide micro- and nanostructures have been grown by thermal oxidation of metallic gallium in the presence of indium oxide. The dominant morphologies are beltlike structures, which in many cases are twisted leading to springlike structures, showing that In diffusion in Ga2O3 influences the microstructure shapes. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy has revealed the presence of twins in the belts, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy in the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has detected a segregation of indium impurities at the edges of planar structures. These results suggest that indium plays a major role in the observed morphologies and support the assumption of a layer by layer model as growth mechanism. An additional assessment of indium influence on the defect structure has been performed by cathodoluminescence in the SEM, X-ray photoelectron microscopy, and spatially resolved Raman spectroscopy.