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Effects of The Substrate Temperature and The Thin film Thickness on The Properties of The Ga-doped ZnO Thin Film

기판온도 및 박막두께가 Ga-doped ZnO 박막의 특성에 미치는 영향

  • Cho, Won-Jun (Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Inha University) ;
  • Kang, Seong-Jun (Dept. of Electrical and Semiconductor Engineering, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Yoon, Yung-Sup (Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Inha University)
  • 조원준 (인하대학교 전자공학과) ;
  • 강성준 (전남대학교 전기 및 반도체공학과) ;
  • 윤영섭 (인하대학교 전자공학과)
  • Published : 2010.01.25
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Abstract

In this study, Ga-doped ZnO (GZO) thin films have been fabricated on Eagle 2000 glass substrates at various substrate temperatures $100{\sim}400^{\circ}C$ and thin film thickness by RF magnetron sputtering in order to investigate the structural, electrical, and optical properties of the GZO thin films. It is observed that all the thin films exhibit c-axis orientation and a (002) diffraction peak only. The GZO thin films, which were deposited at $T=300^{\circ}C$ and 400 nm, shows the highest (002) orientation, and the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the (002) diffraction peak is $0.4^{\circ}$. AFM analysis shows that the formation of relatively smooth thin films are obtained. The lowest resistivity ($8.01{\times}10^{-4}\;{\Omega}cm$) and the highest carrier concentration ($3.59{\times}10^{20}\;cm^{-3}$) are obtained in the GZO thin films deposited at $T=300^{\circ}C$ and 400 nm. The optical transmittance in the visible region is approximately 80 %, regardless of process conditions. The optical band-gap shows the slight blue-shift with increase in doping which can be explained by the Burstein-Moss effect.

본 연구에서는 RF 마그네트론 스퍼터링 법으로 Eagle 2000 유리 기판 위에 Ga-doped ZnO (GZO) 박막을 제작하여, 기판온도 $100{\sim}400^{\circ}C$ 및 박막두께에 따른 박막의 결정화 특성과 전기적 및 광학적 특성을 조사하였다. 공정조건에 상관없이 모든 GZO 박막은 c-축 배향성을 나타내는 (002) 회절 피크만이 관찰되었고, $300^{\circ}C$에서 400 nm 증착한 GZO 박막이 가장 우수한 결정성을 나타내었으며, 그 때의 반가폭 값은 $0.4^{\circ}$이었다. 또한, AFM 으로 박막의 표면형상을 분석한 결과 $300^{\circ}C$에서 400 nm 증착한 박막에서 비교적 입자가 고르고 치밀한 박막이 형성되었다. 전기적 특성은 홀 측정결과 $300^{\circ}C$에서 400 nm 증착한 박막에서 가장 낮은 비저항 ($8.01{\times}10^{-4}\;{\Omega}cm$)과 가장 높은 전자 캐리어농도 ($3.59{\times}10^{20}\;cm^{-3}$) 를 나타내었다. 모든 GZO 박막은 공정조건에 무관하게 가시광 영역에서 80 %의 투과율을 나타내었으며, 기판온도 및 박막두께 증가에 따른 Ga 도핑효과의 증가로 밴드 갭이 넓어지는 Burstein-Moss 효과가 관찰되었다.

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