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PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.014019
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- General Research Fund of the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong SAR, China [CityU 11267516, CityU-SRG 7005106]
- Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division of the U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- Shantou University [130-09400301]
- Hong Kong Ph.D. Grant, Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong [PF16-02083]
Wide-gap oxides exhibiting both n- and p-type bipolar conductivity are extremely desirable for the development of next generation transparent optoelectronics. While most metal oxides show a propensity for n-type conductivity, nickel oxide (NiO) is one of the few that exhibits p-type conductivity without intentional doping. We synthesize nanocrystalline-NixCd1-xO1+delta-alloy thin films over the entire composition range with variable crystal stoichiometry using RT radio-frequency magnetron sputtering. Optical and electronic properties of the films are investigated with a variety of experimental techniques, including spectroscopic ellipsometry, the Seebeck effect, and the variable-temperature Hall effect as well as x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. We find that the conduction type of NixCd1-xO1+delta-alloy thin films depends on the alloy composition and oxygen stoichiometry. Stoichiometric NixCd1-xO alloys are n type in the composition range of 0 <= x <= 0.52 and insulating for higher x. On the other hand, O-rich alloys are ptype conducting for x >= 0.38. This demonstrates that in the alloy composition range of 0.38< x < 0.52, n-type and p-type NixCd1-xO alloys can be synthesized by controlling the oxygen stoichiometry. The unusual electrical and optical properties of NixCd1-xO1+delta-alloy thin films can be explained by the modifications of the electronic band structure due to anticrossing interactions between localized Ni d levels and extended valence and conduction band states of the alloy. The results offer an interesting opportunity for using NixCd1-xO1+delta alloys for transparent devices that require bipolar conductivity.
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