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http://dx.doi.org/10.3740/MRSK.2010.20.8.401

Metal-Semiconductor Contact Behavior of Solution-Processed ZnSnO Thin Film Transistors  

Jeong, Young-Min (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University)
Song, Keun-Kyu (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University)
Woo, Kyoo-Hee (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University)
Jun, Tae-Hwan (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University)
Jung, Yang-Ho (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University)
Moon, Joo-Ho (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University)
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Korean Journal of Materials Research / v.20, no.8, 2010 , pp. 401-407 More about this Journal
Abstract
We studied the influence of different types of metal electrodes on the performance of solution-processed zinc tin oxide (ZTO) thin-film transistors. The ZTO thin-film was obtained by spin-coating the sol-gel solution made from zinc acetate and tin acetate dissolved in 2-methoxyethanol. Various metals, Al, Au, Ag and Cu, were used to make contacts with the solution-deposited ZTO layers by selective deposition through a metal shadow mask. Contact resistance between the metal electrode and the semiconductor was obtained by a transmission line method (TLM). The device based on an Al electrode exhibited superior performance as compared to those based on other metals. Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) allowed us to measure the work function of the oxide semiconductor to understand the variation of the device performance as a function of the types metal electrode. The solution-processed ZTO contained nanopores that resulted from the burnout of the organic species during the annealing. This different surface structure associated with the solution-processed ZTO gave a rise to a different work function value as compared to the vacuum-deposited counterpart. More oxygen could be adsorbed on the nanoporous solution-processed ZTO with large accessible surface areas, which increased its work function. This observation explained why the solution-processed ZTO makes an ohmic contact with the Al electrode.
Keywords
zinc tin oxide; metal-semiconductor contact; solution processing; work function; Kelvin probe force microscopy;
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