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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2014.18.10.2497

Effects of RF power on the Electrical and Optical Properties of GZO Thin Films Deposited on Flexible Substrate  

Joung, Yang-Hee (Department of Electrical & Semiconductor Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Kang, Seong-Jun (Department of Electrical & Semiconductor Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Abstract
The 5 wt.% Ga-doped zinc oxide (GZO) thin films were fabricated on PES substrates with various RF power 50~80 W by using RF magnetron sputtering in order to investigate the optical and electrical properties of GZO thin films. The XRD measurement showed that GZO thin films exhibit c-axis orientation. At a RF power of 70W, the GZO thin film showed the highest (002) diffraction peak with a Full-Width-Half-Maximum (FWHM) of $0.44^{\circ}$. AFM analysis showed that the lowest surface roughness (0.20 nm) was obtained for the GZO thin film fabricated at 70 W of RF power. The electrical property indicated that the minimum resistivity ($6.93{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$) and maximum carrier concentration ($7.04{\times}10^{20}cm^{-3}$) and hall mobility ($12.70cm^2/Vs$) were obtained in the GZO thin film fabricated at 70W of RF power. The optical transmittance in the visible region was higher than 80 %, regardless of RF power. The optical band-gap showed the slight blue-shift with increased in carrier concentration which can be explained by the Burstein-Moss effect.
Keywords
TCO; RF magnetron sputtering; Flexible substrate; GZO thin film; Burstein-Moss effect;
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