Abstract
Structural degradation of nanocrystalline ZnO films was observed with an increase in films thickness. Nanocrystalline epitaxial thin film with thickness of ∼170nm changed to polycrystalline ∼900nm with an increase in deposition time. Surface morphology revealed an average grain size of 30–50nm. Spatial correlation model indicated structural disorder due to relative disorientation of crystalline phases at nanoscale. The photoluminescence spectra showed free exciton (FX) ∼3.31eV, donor bound-exciton (DoX) ∼3.26 and donor-acceptor-pair (DAP) ∼3.22eV for thin films, which redshift, i.e., FX ∼3.30, DoX ∼3.24eV, and DAP ∼3.19–3.17eV for thicker films (400–900nm).
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