Growth and Electrical Properties of Doped ZnO by Electrochemical Deposition

Dewei Chu, Sean Li

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DOI: 10.4236/njgc.2012.21003                

Abstract

In this work, pure and different metal ions doped ZnO thin films were obtained by a facile electrochemical deposition process. Different morphologies of ZnO, such as nanoplates, nanoparticles, as well as dense film can be obtained by doping Cu²⁺, In³⁺, and Al³⁺, respectively. Besides, the electrical properties of ZnO were also dependent on the doping ions. In this work, only pure ZnO shows resistive switching characteristics, indicating that the defects in ZnO is a key role in inducing resistive switching behaviour.

Keywords

ZnO Electrochemcial Deposition

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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