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Hydrogen Bonding in ZnO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

N. H. Nickel
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin Kekuléstr. 5, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
K. Brendel
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin Kekuléstr. 5, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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Abstract

Hydrogen effusion measurements reveal that the total hydrogen concentration in ZnO ranges from 5.2×1016 cm−3 for single crystal ZnO to 3×1021 cm−3 for polycrystalline ZnO thin-fims. From the H effusion spectra the hydrogen chemical potential is determined as a function of the H concentration that can be related th the H density-of-states distribution. Single crystal ZnO exhibiting the lowest H concentration reveals six peaks in the H density-of-states located between 0.59 and 1.4 eV below the H transport site. With increasing H concentration the amount of H accommodated with binding energies larger than 1.0 eV increases significantly.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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