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http://dx.doi.org/10.5757/JKVS.2009.18.3.213

Characterization of Al-Doped ZnO Thin Film Grown on Buffer Layer with RF Magnetron Sputtering Method  

No, Young-Soo (Thin Film Material Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Park, Dong-Hee (Thin Film Material Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Kim, Tae-Whan (Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University)
Choi, Ji-Won (Thin Film Material Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Choi, Won-Kook (Thin Film Material Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.18, no.3, 2009 , pp. 213-220 More about this Journal
Abstract
The optimal condition of low temperature deposition of transparent conductive Al-doped zinc oxide (AZO) films is studied by RF magnetron sputtering method. To achieve enhanced-electrical property and good crystallites quality, we tried to deposit on glass using a two-step growth process. This process was to deposit AZO buffer layer with optimal growth condition on glass in-situ state. The AZO film grown at rf 120 W on buffer layer prepared at RF $50{\sim}60\;W$ shows the electrical resistivity $3.9{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}cm$, Carrier concentration $1.22{\times}10^{21}/cm^3$, and mobility $9.9\;cm^2/Vs$ in these results, The crystallinity of AZO film on buffer layer was similar to that of AZO film on glass with no buffer later but the electrical properties of the AZO film were 30% improved than that of the AZO film with no buffer layer. Therefore, the cause of enhanced electrical properties was explained to be dependent on degree of crystallization and on buffer layer's compressive stress by variation of $Ar^+$ ion impinging energy.
Keywords
Al-ZnO; Resistivity; TCO; RF magnetron sputtering; Buffer layer; Residual stress;
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