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Hot probe measurements on neutron irradiated, isotope enriched ZnO nanorods

Ironside, Charles N., Rickard, William D.A. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-8118-730X, Dekker-Zangari, C., Gray, Ciarán, McGlynn, Enda orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-3412-9035 and Marks, N.A. (2019) Hot probe measurements on neutron irradiated, isotope enriched ZnO nanorods. AIP Advances, 9 (3). 035223-035223. ISSN 2158-3226

Abstract
We report on neutron transmutation doping (NTD) of isotopically (64Zn) enriched ZnO nanorods to produce material with holes as the majority mobile carrier. Nanorods of ZnO enriched with 64Zn were synthesised and the abundance of 64Zn in these samples is ∼ 71%, compared to the natural abundance of ∼ 49 %. The enriched material was irradiated with thermal neutrons which converts some 64Zn to 65Zn. The 65Zn decays to 65Cu with a half-life of 244 days and the Cu can act as an acceptor dopant. After 690 days, a hot probe technique was used to determine the majority charge carriers in non-irradiated and neutron irradiated nanorod samples. Non-irradiated samples were measured to be to have electrons as the majority mobile carrier and the irradiated samples were measured to have holes as the majority mobile carrier.
Metadata
Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:ZnO; Isotope; Enrichment; Neutron; Transmutation; Doping; Irradiation
Subjects:Engineering > Materials
Physical Sciences > Nanotechnology
Physical Sciences > Nuclear physics
Physical Sciences > Physics
Physical Sciences > Semiconductors
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Physical Sciences
Research Institutes and Centres > National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology (NCPST)
Publisher:AIP Publishing
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5061722
Copyright Information:© 2019 The Authors (CC BY 4.0)
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:23092
Deposited On:19 Mar 2019 10:16 by Enda Mcglynn . Last Modified 04 Dec 2020 15:22
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