Physical Properties of Sputtered Indium-doped ZnO Films Deposited on Flexible Transparent Substrates

AUTOR(ES)

Silva-Lopez, Hector Eduardo, Marcelino, Becerril Silva, Guillen-Cervantes, Angel, Zelaya-Angel, Orlando, Ramirez-Bon, Rafael

FONTE

Mat. Res.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

06/09/2018

RESUMO

Indium-doped zinc oxide (IZO) polycrystalline thin films were grown on polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), and as reference on 7059 Corning glass substrates at room temperature by radio frequency magnetron sputtering from a target prepared with a mixture of ZnO and In2O3 powders. The structural, optical, and electrical properties of the films were analyzed and compared. The IZO polycrystalline films showed n-type conductivity. The electrical resistivity drops significantly, and the carrier concentration increases as a consequence of In incorporation within the ZnO crystalline lattice. In both cases the changes are of several orders of magnitude. The resistivity obtained was 3.1 ± 0.5 x 10-3 Ω-cm for an IZO sample grown on PET with a carrier concentration of 3.1 ± 0.7 x 1020 cm-3, the best mobility obtained was 27.7 ± 0.8 cm2V-1s-1 for an IZO sample grown on PEN. From the results, we conclude that n-type IZO polycrystalline films with high transmittance, high mobility and low resistivity were obtained on flexible transparent substrates.

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