Room-temperature-deposited indium-zinc oxide thin films with controlled conductivity

Wantae Lim, Yu Lin Wang, F. Ren, D. P. Norton, I. I. Kravchenko, J. M. Zavada, S. J. Pearton

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Abstract

The deposition of amorphous indium-zinc oxide (IZO) films by cosputtering from In2 O3 and ZnO targets near room temperature was investigated as a function of power, process pressure and oxygen partial pressures in the sputtering ambient. The resistivity of the films with InZn ratio between 0.3 and 0.6 could be controlled between 10-3 and 103 cm by varying the oxygen partial pressure. The corresponding electron mobilities were 5-20 cm2 V-1 s-1. The optical transmittance of the IZO films was >70% in all cases. Ohmic contact resistances in the range of 3-8× 10-5 cm were obtained with both NiAu and TiAu deposited by electron beam evaporation. ZnO films deposited under the same conditions always showed evidence of polycrystallinity, while the InZnO films remained amorphous.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)267-269
Number of pages3
JournalElectrochemical and Solid-State Letters
Volume10
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

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