Research Article

The Role of Edge Dislocations on the Red Luminescence of ZnO Films Deposited by RF-Sputtering

Table 3

TD densities at ZnO surface and annihilation for samples Z1 and Z2.

SampleSurface dislocation densitiesAnnihilation of screw + mixed TDs (%)
Edge + mixedScrew + mixed
(108 cm−2)(108 cm−2)

Z184.9 ± 10.312.1 ± 0.744
Z231.7 ± 3.94.5 ± 0.351