Remarkable evolution of electrical conductivity in Al:ZnO films

H. Dondapati; R. Mundle; R. B. Konda; M. Bahoura; A. K. Pradhan

doi:10.1117/12.914639

30 March 2012 Remarkable evolution of electrical conductivity in Al:ZnO films

H. Dondapati, R. Mundle, R. B. Konda, M. Bahoura, A. K. Pradhan

Proceedings Volume 8344, Nanosensors, Biosensors, and Info-Tech Sensors and Systems 2012; 83441M (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.914639
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We report here the investigation of Al-doped ZnO films fabricated by the RF magnetron deposition technique. The films show excellent crystalline quality with atomically smooth surface morphology. The Al-doped ZnO films have been characterized in detail using X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy UV-visible spectrophotometer and four probe technique. It was found that the morphological, structural, electrical and optical properties of Al-doped ZnO films are greatly dependent on substrate temperature. XRD patterns show that all the films are well crystallized with hexagonal wurtzite structure with preferred orientation along (0 0 2) plane. The electrical resistivity of Al-doped ZnO films decreases with increasing substrate temperature and was found to be close to 1.5 × 10^-3 ohm-cm and transmittance >85% in the visible region.

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H. Dondapati, R. Mundle, R. B. Konda, M. Bahoura, and A. K. Pradhan "Remarkable evolution of electrical conductivity in Al:ZnO films", Proc. SPIE 8344, Nanosensors, Biosensors, and Info-Tech Sensors and Systems 2012, 83441M (30 March 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.914639

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