LOW TEMPERATURE FABRICATION AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF 5 at.% Ga-DOPED ZnO FILMS FOR TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE APPLICATIONS

Autor: Sung-Yool Choi, Ji-Hong Jung, Jin-Hyo Boo, Eunkyoung Nam, Jeong Won Kim, Jae Sang Cha, Young-Sung Kim, Donggeun Jung, Young Hun Kang, Choon-Gi Choi
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Functional Materials Letters. :101-105
ISSN: 1793-7213
1793-6047
DOI: 10.1142/s1793604710001032
Popis: Transparent conductive 5 at.% Ga -doped ZnO (GZO) thin films are deposited on a glass substrate by an asymmetrical bipolar-pulsed DC magnetron sputtering at various substrate temperatures. All the GZO films have nanocrystalline structure and compact surface morphology. A highly c-axis oriented GZO film was grown perpendicular to the substrate at the 200C. The measured work function of GZO film deposited at 200°C shows slightly lower value of 4.37 eV than a commercial ITO film of 4.6 eV. The GZO film showed the lowest sheet resistance of 35 Ω/□, a carrier concentration of 1.2 ×1021 cm -3, a mobility of 9.9 cm2/Vs, and high optical transmittance of over 85% in the visible range. It indicates that the GZO films at 200°C can be promising as an alternative to ITO thin film for transparent electrode applications.
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