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Characteristic Comparison of MAZO and MIZO Thin Films with Mg and ZnO Variation

Mg와 ZnO 함량변화에 따른 MAZO, MIZO 박막의 특성비교

  • Jang, Jun Sung (Department of Materials science and Engineering and Optoelectronics Convergence Research Centre, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Kim, In Young (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Jeong, Chae Hwan (Solar city center, Korea Institue of Industrial Technology) ;
  • Moon, Jong Ha (Department of Materials science and Engineering and Optoelectronics Convergence Research Centre, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Jin Hyeok (Department of Materials science and Engineering and Optoelectronics Convergence Research Centre, Chonnam National University)
  • 장준성 (신소재공학부, 전남대학교) ;
  • 김인영 (정보통신공학부, 광주과학기술원) ;
  • 정채환 (광융복합센터, 생산기술연구원) ;
  • 문종하 (신소재공학부, 전남대학교) ;
  • 김진혁 (신소재공학부, 전남대학교)
  • Received : 2015.09.01
  • Accepted : 2015.09.04
  • Published : 2015.09.30

Abstract

ZnO is gathering great interest for large square optoelectrical devices of flat panel display (FHD) and solar cell as a transparent conductive oxide (TCO). Herewith, Mg and IIIA (Al, In) co-doped ZnO films were prepared on SLG substrate using RF magnetron sputtering system. The effect of variation of atomic weight % of Mg and ZnO have been investigated. The atomic weight % Al and In are of 3% and kept constant throughout. The numbers of samples were prepared according to their different contents, which are $M_{3%}AZO_{94%}$, $M_{4%}AZO_{93%}-(MAZO)$ and $M_{3%}IZO_{94%}$, $M_{4%}IZO_{93%}-(MIZO)$ respectively. A RF power of 225 W and working pressure of 6 m Torr was used for the deposition at $300^{\circ}C$. All of the two thin film show good uniformity in field emission scanning electron microscopy image. $M_{3%}AZO_{94%}$ thin film shows overall better performance among the all. The film shows the best lowest resistivity, carrier concentration, mobility and Sheet resistance and is found to be are of $8.16{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}cm$, $4.372{\times}10^{20}/cm^3$, $17.5cm^2/vs$ and $8.9{\Omega}/sq$ respectively. Also $M_{3%}AZO_{94%}$ thin film shows the relatively high optical band gap energy of 3.7 eV with high transmittance more than 80% in visible region required for the better solar cell performance.

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