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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
Ngk Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya-Shi, JP;
Morimichi Watanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Jun Yoshikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Hirofumi Yamaguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Tsutomu Nanataki, Nagoya, JP;
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a self-supporting zinc oxide substrate composed of a plate composed of a plurality of zinc-oxide-based single crystal grains, wherein the plate has a single crystal structure in an approximately normal direction, and the zinc-oxide-based single crystal grains have a cross-sectional average diameter of greater than 1 μm. This substrate can be manufactured by a method comprising providing an oriented polycrystalline sintered body; forming a layer with a thickness of 20 μm or greater composed of zinc-oxide-based crystals on the oriented polycrystalline sintered body so that the layer has crystal orientation mostly in conformity with crystal orientation of the oriented polycrystalline sintered body; and removing the oriented polycrystalline sintered body to obtain the self-supporting zinc oxide substrate. The present invention can provide a self-supporting zinc oxide substrate being inexpensive and also suitable for having a large area as a preferable alternative material for a zinc oxide single crystal substrate.