TY - JOUR
T1 - Room-temperature rf-magnetron sputter-deposited W-doped indium oxide: Decoupling the influence of W dopant and O vacancies on the film properties
AU - Samatov, Ivan
AU - Jeppesen, Bjarke Rolighed
AU - Larsen, Arne Nylandsted
AU - Ram, Sanjay
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - Tungsten-doped indium oxide (IWO) thin films were deposited at room temperature using rf-magnetron sputtering. The optical, electrical, and structural properties of the IWO films were studied as functions of the O
2-dilution fraction in the Ar sputtering gas. The W-doping level, and contributions of intrinsic oxygen vacancies and W dopant to the free carrier concentration were studied. Windows of optimum deposition conditions are demonstrated where amorphous and smooth-surfaced IWO films are obtained with low resistivity of 3.5 × 10
−4 Ω cm, high mobility of 45 cm
2 v
−1 s
−1, and high optical transparency (visible and NIR transparencies of 83 and 80 %, respectively). The observed optoelectronic properties are discussed in light of the underlying electron transport mechanisms.
AB - Tungsten-doped indium oxide (IWO) thin films were deposited at room temperature using rf-magnetron sputtering. The optical, electrical, and structural properties of the IWO films were studied as functions of the O
2-dilution fraction in the Ar sputtering gas. The W-doping level, and contributions of intrinsic oxygen vacancies and W dopant to the free carrier concentration were studied. Windows of optimum deposition conditions are demonstrated where amorphous and smooth-surfaced IWO films are obtained with low resistivity of 3.5 × 10
−4 Ω cm, high mobility of 45 cm
2 v
−1 s
−1, and high optical transparency (visible and NIR transparencies of 83 and 80 %, respectively). The observed optoelectronic properties are discussed in light of the underlying electron transport mechanisms.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00339-016-9983-0
DO - 10.1007/s00339-016-9983-0
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0947-8396
VL - 122
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing
JF - Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing
IS - 4
M1 - 122:458
ER -