Effects of oxygen addition on physical properties of ZnO thin film grown by radio frequency reactive magnetron sputtering

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作者
Hsu, Che-Wei [1 ]
Cheng, Tsung-Chieh [2 ]
Yang, Chun-Hui [3 ]
Shen, Yi-Ling [3 ]
Wu, Jong-Shinn [1 ]
Wu, Sheng-Yao [2 ]
机构
[1] Natl Chiao Tung Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
[2] Natl Kaohsiung Univ Appl Sci, Dept Mech Engn, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
[3] Natl Nano Device Labs, Hsinchu 30078, Taiwan
关键词
Zinc oxide; Radio frequency; Sputtering; Target poisoning; X-ray diffraction; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; LOW-EMISSIVITY COATINGS; ZINC-OXIDE; ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES; DOPED ZNO; PLASMA; ORIENTATION; TEMPERATURE; DEPOSITION; MECHANISM; PRESSURE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.10.037
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We deposited a ZnO thin film on a microslide glass substrate at room temperature by employing the RF reactive magnetron sputtering process. Our results revealed that deposition rate decreases by increasing O-2/(Ar + O-2) ratio that was caused by two mechanisms. The first mechanism was the reduction of plasma density and, thus, argon ion density; caused by the addition of highly electronegative oxygen. While the second mechanism was target poisoning caused by the oxidation of the target. Additionally, at the O-2/(Ar + O-2) ratio of similar to 0.3 and the help of XPS analysis the optimum stoichiometry of ZnO thin film (the highest binding energy and content fraction of O-1 peak (O-Zn bond)) and the best polycrystallinity (the lowest FWHM with largest grain size) was found. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:1774 / 1776
页数:3
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