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Electrical Properties of Low-Temperature Processed Sn-Doped In₂O₃ Thin Films: The Role of Microstructure and Oxygen Content and the Potential of Defect Modulation Doping

Deyu, Getnet Kacha ; Hunka, Jonas ; Roussel, Hervé ; Brötz, Joachim ; Bellet, Daniel ; Klein, Andreas (2019)
Electrical Properties of Low-Temperature Processed Sn-Doped In₂O₃ Thin Films: The Role of Microstructure and Oxygen Content and the Potential of Defect Modulation Doping.
In: Materials, 2019, 12 (14)
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Low-temperature-processed ITO thin films offer the potential of overcoming the doping limit by suppressing the equilibrium of compensating oxygen interstitial defects. To elucidate this potential, electrical properties of Sn-doped In₂O₃ (ITO) thin films are studied in dependence on film thickness. In-operando conductivity and Hall effect measurements during annealing of room-temperature-deposited films, together with different film thickness in different environments, allow to discriminate between the effects of crystallization, grain growth, donor activation and oxygen diffusion on carrier concentrations and mobilities. At 200° C, a control of carrier concentration by oxygen incorporation or extraction is only dominant for very thin films. The electrical properties of thicker films deposited at room temperature are mostly affected by the grain size. The remaining diffusivity of compensating oxygen defects at 200° C is sufficient to screen the high Fermi level induced by deposition of Al₂O₃ using atomic layer deposition (ALD), which disables the use of defect modulation doping at this temperature. The results indicate that achieving higher carrier concentrations in ITO thin films requires a control of the oxygen pressure during deposition in combination with seed layers to enhance crystallinity or the use of near room temperature ALD.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2019
Autor(en): Deyu, Getnet Kacha ; Hunka, Jonas ; Roussel, Hervé ; Brötz, Joachim ; Bellet, Daniel ; Klein, Andreas
Art des Eintrags: Zweitveröffentlichung
Titel: Electrical Properties of Low-Temperature Processed Sn-Doped In₂O₃ Thin Films: The Role of Microstructure and Oxygen Content and the Potential of Defect Modulation Doping
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 2019
Ort: Darmstadt
Publikationsdatum der Erstveröffentlichung: 2019
Verlag: MDPI
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Materials
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 12
(Heft-)Nummer: 14
URL / URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-92372
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Low-temperature-processed ITO thin films offer the potential of overcoming the doping limit by suppressing the equilibrium of compensating oxygen interstitial defects. To elucidate this potential, electrical properties of Sn-doped In₂O₃ (ITO) thin films are studied in dependence on film thickness. In-operando conductivity and Hall effect measurements during annealing of room-temperature-deposited films, together with different film thickness in different environments, allow to discriminate between the effects of crystallization, grain growth, donor activation and oxygen diffusion on carrier concentrations and mobilities. At 200° C, a control of carrier concentration by oxygen incorporation or extraction is only dominant for very thin films. The electrical properties of thicker films deposited at room temperature are mostly affected by the grain size. The remaining diffusivity of compensating oxygen defects at 200° C is sufficient to screen the high Fermi level induced by deposition of Al₂O₃ using atomic layer deposition (ALD), which disables the use of defect modulation doping at this temperature. The results indicate that achieving higher carrier concentrations in ITO thin films requires a control of the oxygen pressure during deposition in combination with seed layers to enhance crystallinity or the use of near room temperature ALD.

URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-92372
Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 600 Technik
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften
11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Materialwissenschaft
11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Materialwissenschaft > Fachgebiet Oberflächenforschung
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