TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE FILMS FOR VARIOUS APPLICATIONS: A REVIEW

被引:240
作者
Afre, Rakesh A. [1 ]
Sharma, Nallin [1 ]
Sharon, Maheshwar [1 ]
Sharon, Madhuri [1 ]
机构
[1] Walchand Ctr Res Nanotechnol & Bionanotechnol, W-H Marg, Solapur 413006, Maharashtra, India
关键词
THIN-FILMS; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL-CONDUCTION; ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE; LOW-RESISTIVITY; HIGH-MOBILITY; ZINC-OXIDE; ZNO FILMS; DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTORS;
D O I
10.1515/rams-2018-0006
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
This review encompasses properties and applications of polycrystalline or amorphous, Transparent Conducting Oxides (TCO) semiconductors. Coexistence of electrical conductivity and optical transparency in TCO depends on the nature, number and atomic arrangements of metal cations in oxides, on the resident morphology and presence of intrinsic or introduced defects. Therefore, TCO semiconductors that are impurity-doped as well as the ternary compounds and multi-component oxides consisting of combinations are discussed. Expanding use of TCO is endangered by scarcity, cost of In, fragility of glass, limited transparency to visible light, instability above >200 degrees C, non-flexible for application of flexible solar cell; thus driving search for alternatives such as graphene or CNT, that are more stable under acidic, alkaline, oxidizing, reducing and elevated temperature. There are reasons to conclude that there is need to develop large area deposition techniques to produce TCO films with high deposition rate. TCOs are mostly n-type semiconductors, but p-type are also being researched.
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