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Effects of substrate temperature on the properties of heavy Ga-doped ZnO transparent conductive film by RF magnetron sputtering

Shufang Wang1,2, Xifeng Li1 and Jianhua Zhang1

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Gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO) transparent conductive thin films were deposited on glass substrate by RF magnetron sputtering using a ceramic ZnO target with 10 wt. % Ga2O3 doped. The effects of substrate temperature on structural, electrical and optical properties of the films were investigated. X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements indicated that GZO films were polycrystalline and strongly c-axis oriented. The surface roughness evaluated in terms of RRMS measured by atomic force microscope (AFM) was 1.8 nm for the smoothest surface obtained at 250 °C. The electrical resistivity decreases with increasing substrate temperature and the lowest resistivity obtained was 5.8×10-4 Ωcenterdotcm at 350 °C. The average transmittance in the visible region was over 90%. The carrier concentration increased with substrate temperature increasing, and the highest mobility value was 22.1 cm2v-1centerdots-1.


PACS

68.55.-a Thin film structure and morphology

73.61.Ga II-VI semiconductors

81.15.Cd Deposition by sputtering

78.66.Hf II-VI semiconductors

78.40.Fy Semiconductors

73.50.Gr Charge carriers: generation, recombination, lifetime, trapping, mean free paths

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Semiconductors

Surfaces, interfaces and thin films

Dates

Issue 1 (2009)



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