H. Raflayuan et Jf. Cordaro, EFFECTS OF ALUMINUM DOPING UPON COLOR FORMATION IN ZINC-OXIDE POWDERS, Journal of applied physics, 74(7), 1993, pp. 4685-4690
The effects on the reflectance spectra of zinc oxide powders, of heat
treatment, and of mechanical grinding were investigated for both undop
ed and aluminum-doped ZnO. A broad absorptance band at 390-400 nm was
induced in the undoped powders both by heating in air and by grinding.
From a comparison with electron paramagnetic resonance data from the
literature, the band could be related to oxygen vacancies. It was foun
d that aluminum doping suppresses the band formation induced by grindi
ng; however, the doping does not suppress the band formation induced b
y heat treatment.