Fabrication and characterization of transparent conducting titanium-zinc oxide nanostructured thin films

Lu, Zhou; Long, Lu; Zhong, Zhiyong; Hou, Jing; Yang, Chao; Gu, J.H.; Long, Hao

doi:10.1007/s11801-016-5256-6

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“…In recent years, transparent conductive films have attracted much interest for their wide applications in solar cells, monitors, photodiodes and transparent electronic devices. [1][2][3][4] Indium tin oxide (ITO) has been used as a transparent electrode in flat panel displays due to its low resistance and high transparency, however, because ITO is a semiconductor, its conductivity is limited by the conduction mechanism. 5) Moreover, there are very few In elements in nature, and it is very expensive, which limits ITO′s application.…”

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The investigation of ZnS/Au/ZnS transparent conductive films with different Au layer thickness

Wang

Chen

et al. 2020

Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.

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ZnS/Au/ZnS (ZAZ) transparent conductive tri-layer films with different Au layer thickness have been prepared by a pulsed laser deposition technique, and the effect of Au layer thickness on the optical and electrical properties of ZAZ films has been studied in detail. As-deposited ZAZ films showed an intense X-ray diffraction peak corresponding to ZnS (111) orientation and a very weak peak belonging to the Au (111) plane. The optical transmittance first increases and then decreases with the increase of Au layer thickness, which is due to the fact that Au changes from discontinuous island-shape to near-continuous structure when Au increases from 2 to 10 nm, and when Au is above 10 nm, the reflection of Au layer is enhanced. With the increase of Au layer thickness, both the sheet resistance and the resistivity of ZAZ films decrease, and the carrier concentration and the mobility increase. When the Au layer thickness is 10 nm, ZAZ films have the best figure of merit of 2.44 × 10−3 Ω−1.

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