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Influence of AZO Thin Films Grown on Transparent Plastic Substrate with Various Working Pressure and $O_2$ Gas Flow Rate  

Lee, Jun-Pyo (Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Inha University)
Kang, Seong-Jun (Dept. of Electrical and Semiconductor Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Joung, Yang-Hee (Dept. of Electrical and Semiconductor Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Yoon, Yung-Sup (Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Inha University)
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Abstract
In this study, AZO (Al: 3 wt%) thin films have been prepared on PES Plastic substrates at various working pressure (5~20 mTorr), $O_2$ gas flow rate(0~3%) and the fixed substrate temperature of 200 f by using the RF magnetron sputtering and their optical and electrical properties have been studied. The XRD measurement shows that AZO thin films exhibit c-axis preferred orientation. From the results of AFM measurements, it is known that the lowest surface roughness (3.49 nm) is obtained for the AZO thin film fabricated at 5 mTorr of working pressure and 3% of $O_2$ gas flow rate. The optical transmittance of AZO thin films is measured as 80% in the visible region. We observe that the energy band gap of AZO thin films increases with decreasing the working pressure and the $O_2$ gas flow rate. This phenomenon is due to the Burstein-Moss effect. Hall measurement shows that the maximum carrier concentration ($2.63\;{\times}\;10^{20}\;cm^{-3}$) and the minimum resistivity ($4.35\;{\times}\;10^{-3}\;{\Omega}cm$) are obtained for the AZO thin film fabricated at 5mTorr of working pressure and 0% of $O_2$ gas flow rate.
Keywords
AZO thin films; RF magnetron sputtering; PES; TCO; Resistivity; Transmittance;
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