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The properties of samarium-doped zinc oxide/phthalocyanine structure for optoelectronics prepared by pulsed laser deposition and organic molecular evaporation

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Samarium-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Sm)/zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin film multilayer structure was prepared by combination of pulsed laser deposition (PLD) and organic molecular evaporation (OME). ZnO:Sm thin film was grown by PLD (Nd:YAG, λ = 266 nm, τ = 6 ns) from Sm2O3:ZnO (1 % Sm) target in oxygen ambient at pressure of 10 and 20 Pa at room temperature on fused silica and Si(100) substrates. ZnPc thin film was deposited on ZnO:Sm layer by OME. ZnO:Sm films of c-axis-oriented hexagonal wurtzite structure and α-form ZnPc were obtained. Emission of intra-4f transition in Sm3+ ions and photoluminescence enhancement of near-band-edge emission of ZnO in ZnO:Sm/ZnPc were observed. Electrical properties were not affected by Sm3+ dopant as ZnO:Sm film exhibited high electrical resistivity ~5 × 104 Ω cm.

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Research supported by the Czech Science Foundation Projects GA14-10279S and GAP108/11/0958, and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of Czech Republic projects LG15050, LM2011029 and 7AMB14FR010.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, 182 21, Prague, Czech Republic

    M. Novotný, E. Marešová, P. Fitl, J. Vlček, M. Vondráček, J. Bulíř, P. Hubík, P. Hruška, J. Drahokoupil & J. Lančok

  2. University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic

    E. Marešová, P. Fitl, J. Vlček, M. Bergmann & M. Vrňata

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  4. Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Chaberská 57, 182 51, Prague 8, Czech Republic

    R. Yatskiv

  5. Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 Université Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon, 69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France

    N. Abdellaoui

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Novotný, M., Marešová, E., Fitl, P. et al. The properties of samarium-doped zinc oxide/phthalocyanine structure for optoelectronics prepared by pulsed laser deposition and organic molecular evaporation. Appl. Phys. A 122, 225 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9759-6

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