Studies on Crystal Orientation of ZnO Film on Sapphire Using High-throughout X-ray Diffraction

Abstract

The orientation of the nano-columnar ZnO films grown on sapphire using the technique of metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) exhibits deviation because of the mismatch between the crystal lattices of the films and the sapphire substrate. A high-throughout X-ray diffraction method was employed to determine the crystal orientation of the ZnO films at a time scale of the order of minutes based on the general area detection diffraction system (GADDS). This rapid, effective, and ready method, adapted for characterizing the orientation of the nano-columnar crystals is used to directly explain the results of observation of the X-ray diffraction images, by the measurements of the orientations of the crystal columns of the ZnO films along c -axis and in parallel to ab plane.