InOx semiconductor films deposited on glass substrates for transparent electronics

Transparent undoped semiconductor indium oxide films were deposited by radio frequency (rf) plasma enhanced reactive thermal evaporation (rf-PERTE) of indium at low substrate temperature. It was experimentally verified that the variation of rf power density has a strong influence on the electrical and structural properties of the films. The thickness of the InOx films is of about 100 nm. Results show that InOx films show an average visible transmittance of about 85% and energy gap of about 2.6 eV. Structural and electrical conductivity measurements show that films are polycrystalline and there exists a linear variation of conductivity logarithm vs reciprocal of temperature. Electrical conductivity variation of 17.6 to 5.8 × 10−3 (Ω cm)−1 for films produced at rf power densities ranging from 3.9 to 78.1 mW cm−3 was obtained. This controllable semiconductor behavior can therefore satisfy the requirement of a particular application for these type of films.