期刊
THIN SOLID FILMS
卷 519, 期 5, 页码 1587-1593出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2010.08.093
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Thin film; ZnO; AZO; GZO; Buffer layer; Transparent conducting oxide film; Transparent electrode; Magnetron sputtering
In transparent conducting impurity-doped ZnO thin films prepared on glass substrates by a dc magnetron sputtering (dc-MS) deposition, the obtainable lowest resistivity and the spatial resistivity distribution on the substrate surface were improved by a newly developed MS deposition method. The decrease of obtainable lowest resistivity as well as the improvement of spatial resistivity distribution on the substrate surface in Al- or Ga-doped ZnO (AZO or GZO) thin films were successfully achieved by inserting a very thin buffer layer, prepared using the same MS apparatus with the same target, between the thin film and the glass substrate. The deposition of the buffer layer required a more strongly oxidized target surface than possible to attain during a conventional dc-MS deposition. The optimal thickness of the buffer layer was found to be about 10 nm for both GZO and AZO thin films. The resistivity decrease is mainly attributed to an increase of Hall mobility rather than carrier concentration, resulting from an improvement of crystallinity coming from insertion of the buffer layer. Resistivities of 3 x 10(-4) and 4 x 10(-4) Omega cm were obtained in 100 nm-thick-GZO and AZO thin films, respectively, incorporating a 10 nm-thick-buffer layer prepared at a substrate temperature around 200 degrees C. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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