ZnAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> decorated Al-doped ZnO tetrapodal 3D networks: microstructure, Raman and detailed temperature dependent photoluminescence analysis
J. Rodrigues, M. Hoppe, N. Ben Sédrine, Niklas Wolff, Viola Düppel, Lorenz Kienle, Rainer Adelung, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, M. R. Correia, T. Monteiro
Abstract
3D network of ZnO:Al tetrapods decorated with ZnAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> particles were synthesised by FTS. Al-doping was confirmed by the broadening and shift of the peak position of the 14 K NBE emission and by the bandgap shift to higher energy due to a Burstein–Moss effect.
Topics & Concepts
MicrostructureRaman spectroscopyPhotoluminescenceDopingMaterials scienceChemical engineeringNanotechnologyMineralogyOptoelectronicsChemistryMetallurgyOpticsPhysicsEngineeringZnO doping and propertiesPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsGa2O3 and related materials