Journal
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
Volume 221, Issue -, Pages 201-206Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2013.01.049
Keywords
Al-doped ZnO thin film; Magnetron sputtering; Electrical property; Optical property
Funding
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ningbo Innovative Research Team Program [2009821005, 2011882005]
- Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation [Y407364]
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In this work, several Al-doped ZnO thin films were sequentially deposited from a high temperature sintered sputtering target in order to understand the effect of ZnAl2O4 segregation in target on optical and electrical properties of the deposited films. It was observed that the Al-doped ZnO films were all well (002) oriented with increasing 20 from 34.25 to 34.38 degrees, which corresponded to the lattice shrinkage from 5.232 angstrom to 5.212 angstrom. The corresponding band gaps for the Al-doped ZnO films increased from 3.47 eV to 3.54 eV as determined from transmittance spectra and the resistivity decreased from 3.7 x 10(-3) Omega cm to 13 x 10(-3) Omega cm. These changes were ascribed to the Al concentration increase from the polished surface to the inner target in the target due to surface segregation of ZnAl2O4 during the high temperature sintering process. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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