Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7833751 | Applied Surface Science | 2018 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
Aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films were deposited on commercial glass substrates by a radio-frequency (RF) magnetron sputter. The effects of annealing times as well as annealing temperatures on the structural and electrical characteristics of AZO thin films annealed by a lab-made graphene-based heater were investigated. The annealing temperature was fixed at 200â¯Â°C for this study. The measured results of an X-ray diffraction (XRD) showed that the ZnO (0â¯0â¯2) peak intensity of as-deposited AZO thin films was larger than that of annealed ones. The calculated grain sizes were decreased from 13â¯nm to 9.3â¯nm as the annealing times were increased from 40â¯s to 1800â¯s, respectively. Moreover, the grain size and resistivity of as-deposited AZO thin films were larger and lower than those of annealed ones, respectively. To reduce oxygen absorption on films surface at the grain boundary during annealing in air, the annealing time of 40â¯s and temperature of 200â¯Â°C were the optimal parameters to obtain the lowest resistivity of 9.1â¯Â±â¯0.59â¯Ãâ¯10â2â¯Î© cm in this study.
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Authors
Shih-Feng Tseng,