Influence of RF power on the properties of sputtered ZnO:Al thin films

Transparent conducting, aluminium doped zinc oxide thin films (ZnO:Al) were deposited by radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering. The RF power was varied from 60 to 350Wwhereas the substrate temperature was kept at 160 °C. The structural, electrical and optical properties of the as-deposited films...

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Autores: Antony, Aldrin, Carreras Seguí, Paz, Keitzl, Thomas, Roldán Molinero, Rubén, Nos Aguilà, Oriol, Frigeri, Paolo Antonio, Asensi López, José Miguel, Bertomeu i Balagueró, Joan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/47124
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/47124
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Òxids metàl·lics
Optoelectrònica
Metall-òxid-semiconductors
Pel·lícules fines
Cèl·lules fotoelèctriques
Metallic oxides
Optoelectronics
Metal oxide semiconductors
Thin films
Photoelectric cells
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Sumario:Transparent conducting, aluminium doped zinc oxide thin films (ZnO:Al) were deposited by radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering. The RF power was varied from 60 to 350Wwhereas the substrate temperature was kept at 160 °C. The structural, electrical and optical properties of the as-deposited films were found to be influenced by the deposition power. The X-ray diffraction analysis showed that all the films have a strong preferred orientation along the [001] direction. The crystallite size was varied from 14 to 36 nm, however no significant change was observed in the case of lattice constant. The optical band gap varied in the range 3.44-3.58 eV. The lowest resistivity of 1.2×10 -3Vcm was shown by the films deposited at 250 W. The mobility of the films was found to increase with the deposition power.