Highly oriented and conducting ZnO:Ga layers grown by chemical spray pyrolysis

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作者
Reddy, KTR [1 ]
Reddy, TBS
Forbes, I
Miles, RW
机构
[1] Sri Venkateswara Univ, Dept Phys, Tirupati 517502, Andhra Pradesh, India
[2] Northumbria Univ, Sch Engn, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, Tyne & Wear, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
zinc oxide; spray pyrolysis; gallium doping; substrate temperature;
D O I
10.1016/S0257-8972(01)01593-6
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
Highly conducting and transparent gallium doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Ga) layers have been deposited using a spray pyrolysis process. The films were deposited on Corning 7059 glass substrates at different temperatures and gallium doping concentrations, keeping the other deposition parameters constant. The ZnO:Ga films grown at a substrate temperature of 350 degreesC with a gallium doping concentration of 5.0 at.% had the best physical properties. These layers were highly oriented along the <002> with a grain size of 98 nm. The films were n-conductivity type with an electrical conductivity of 1.32 x 10(3) Omega(-1)cm(-1). The transmittance of these films was higher than 85% in the visible region with a high reflectance in the infra-red region. The figure of merit evaluated was 3.4 x 10(-2) Omega(-1). (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:110 / 113
页数:4
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