Nanostructural analysis of ZnO:Al thin films for carrier-transport mechanisms

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作者
Lee, Seung-Yoon [1 ,2 ]
Lee, Woojin [2 ]
Nahm, Changwoo [2 ]
Kim, Jongmin [2 ]
Byun, Sujin [2 ]
Hwang, Taehyun [2 ]
Lee, Byung-Kee [1 ]
Jang, Young Il [1 ]
Lee, Sungeun [1 ]
Lee, Heon-Min [1 ]
Park, Byungwoo [2 ]
机构
[1] LG Elect Adv Res Inst, Emerging Technol Lab, Seoul 137724, South Korea
[2] Seoul Natl Univ, Res Inst Adv Mat, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, WCU Hybrid Mat Program, Seoul 151744, South Korea
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
Transparent conducting oxide; Al-doped ZnO; Sputtering; ZINC-OXIDE FILMS;
D O I
10.1016/j.cap.2012.12.003
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The carrier mobility of sputter-deposited Al-doped ZnO transparent-conducting (ZnO:Al) thin films was controlled between 22 and 48 cm(2)/Vs by varying the ZnO: Al seed layer. The statistical distribution of the [001] grain misorientation was characterized from the X-ray diffraction rocking curve in the range from 0.043 (2.5 degrees) to 0.179 rad (10.2 degrees). The grain-boundary energy barriers (E-b) from Seto's model [1] clearly exhibit linear dependence on the grain-boundary misorientation angle (omega) according to the equation E-b = 78 +/- 4 + 173 +/- 32 omega meV. (C) 2012 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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页码:775 / 778
页数:4
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