Influence of sputtering pressure on morphological, mechanical and electrical properties of Al-doped ZnO films

J. P. Kar; S. Kim; B. Shin; K. I. Park; K. J. Ahn; W. Lee; J. H. Cho; J. M. Myoung

doi:10.1016/j.sse.2010.07.002

Influence of sputtering pressure on morphological, mechanical and electrical properties of Al-doped ZnO films

J. P. Kar, S. Kim, B. Shin, K. I. Park, K. J. Ahn, W. Lee, J. H. Cho, J. M. Myoung

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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Al-doped ZnO (AZO) films were deposited on glass substrates by pulsed DC sputtering technique with various working pressures in the range of 1-15 mTorr. A relationship between the morphological, mechanical and electrical properties of sputtered AZO films was studied as a function of sputtering pressure. The sputtered films were highly c-axis oriented. The n-type conductivity in AZO films was observed due to the substitutional doping of Al. AZO films deposited at 3 mTorr have shown an electrical resistivity of 2.2 × 10^-4 Ω cm and high transmittance in visible range with better mechanical properties. For higher sputtering pressures an increase in the resistivity was observed due to a decrease in the mobility and the carrier concentration. The lower sputtering pressure was found suitable for the fabrication of low-cost transparent conductive oxide layer for futuristic electronic devices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1447-1450
Number of pages	4
Journal	Solid-State Electronics
Volume	54
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sse.2010.07.002
Publication status	Published - 2010 Nov

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Materials Chemistry

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