Improvement in Properties of Indium Tin Oxide Thin Films by Electron Beam Irradiation

被引:5
作者
Cheon, Jaeha [1 ,2 ]
Lee, Jaehyeong [3 ]
Jeong, Chaehwan [1 ]
机构
[1] Korea Inst Ind Technol, Photovota Mat & Devices R&D Ctr, Gwangju 500480, South Korea
[2] Sungkyunkwan Univ, Dept Photovolta Syst Engn, Suwon 440746, South Korea
[3] Sungkyunkwan Univ, Dept Informat & Commun Engn, Suwon 440746, South Korea
关键词
E-Beam Irradiation; TCO; Indium Tin Oxide; Thin Films; Annealing; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; SOLAR-CELLS; BACK;
D O I
10.1166/sam.2016.2512
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
Indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films were conventionally prepared by using RF sputtering with 4 torr of Ar working pressure, and then annealed by electron beam irradiation as a rapid crystallization method. DC power was varied in the range of 1 similar to 4 keV to control the density of electron dose, with fixed RF power of 200 W and 3 min of irradiation. The crystallinity of the samples was gradually improved with increase of the DC power, especially the crystalline direction of (222). The electrical properties of the electron beam irradiated ITO thin films were remarkably improved to achieve carrier concentrations of similar to 10(20) cm(-3), Hall mobility of 31 similar to 42 cm(2)/Vs, and resistivity of similar to 10(-4) Omega.cm. Simultaneously, improvement of the optical properties was also attained, such as increase of transmittance to similar to 90% and of the optical bandgap from 3.46 to 4.07 eV. Electron beam irradiation onto ITO thin films as a rapid annealing method could be an excellent candidate for crystallization.
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页数:5
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