Identification of native defects around grain boundary in Pr-doped ZnO bicrystal using electron energy loss spectroscopy and first-principles calculations

Yukio Sato; Teruyasu Mizoguchi; Fumiyasu Oba; Masatada Yodogawa; Takahisa Yamamoto; Yuichi Ikuhara

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Identification of native defects around grain boundary in Pr-doped ZnO bicrystal using electron energy loss spectroscopy and first-principles calculations

Yukio Sato, Teruyasu Mizoguchi, Fumiyasu Oba, Masatada Yodogawa, Takahisa Yamamoto, Yuichi Ikuhara

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Electron energy loss spectroscopy and first-principles calculations were used to analyze the native defects and Pr dopant around grain boundaries in Pr-doped and undoped ZnO bicrystals. It was observed that the Pr-doped bicrystal exhibited a nonlinear current-voltage characteristic, whereas the undoped bicrystal shows an ohmic characteristic. Pr was found to be present within 8 nm around the grain boundary in the Pr-doped bicrystal. The results show that the EELS investigation of native defects combined with first-principles calculations indicate the presence of zinc vacancies in the vicinity of the Pr-doped grain boundary.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5311-5313
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	84
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1766078
Publication status	Published - 2004 Jun 28
Externally published	Yes

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Identification of native defects around grain boundary in Pr-doped ZnO bicrystal using electron energy loss spectroscopy and first-principles calculations

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