Control of aluminum doping of ZnO:Al thin films obtained by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering

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• 作者：V. Tiron ; L. Sirghi ; ^{lsirghi@uaic.ro} ; G. Popa
• 关键词：Zinc oxide ; Aluminum ; Transparent electrodes ; Doping ; Magnetron sputtering deposition ; Pulsed magnetron discharge
• 刊名：Thin Solid Films
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：30 April, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：520
• 期：13
• 页码：4305-4309
• 全文大小：558 K

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This work reports a method used to control Al doping of ZnO thin films deposited by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering of a pure Zn target in low-pressure Ar/O₂ gas mixture. The method uses sputtering of an electrically negative biased aluminum electrode placed in the proximity of the negative glow of the magnetron discharge. Resonant laser absorption measurements of Al atom concentration in vapor phase and the X-ray Photoelectron Emission Spectroscopy measurements of Al concentration in the deposited ZnO:Al films confirm that the electrode biasing potential is the key parameter that controls the Al doping process. Optically transparent ZnO:Al films with resistivity as low as 3.6 ¡Á 10^?#xA0;3 ¦¸ ¡Á cm have been obtained at an optimum value of Al concentration of 1.5 at. % . It has been found that the film electrical conductivity is limited by the effect of decreasing of crystalline grain size in the films with the increased Al doping concentration.