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Thin film characterization of zinc tin oxide deposited by thermal atomic layer deposition

Mullings, Marja N. ; Hägglund, Carl ; Tanskanen, Jukka T. ; Yee, Yesheng ; Geyer, Scott ; Bent, Stacey F.

Thin Solid Films, 2014-04, Vol.556, p.186-194 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V

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Thin film characterization of zinc tin oxide deposited by thermal atomic layer deposition
Autor: Mullings, Marja N. ; Hägglund, Carl ; Tanskanen, Jukka T. ; Yee, Yesheng ; Geyer, Scott ; Bent, Stacey F.
Assuntos: Atomic layer deposition ; catalysis (heterogeneous), solar (fuels), photosynthesis (natural and artificial), bio-inspired, electrodes - solar, defects, charge transport, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel materials) ; Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology ; Discharges for spectral sources (including inductively coupled plasmas) ; Electric discharges ; Engineering Science with specialization in Materials Science ; Exact sciences and technology ; Instruments, apparatus, components and techniques common to several branches of physics and astronomy ; Materials science ; Methods of deposition of films and coatings; film growth and epitaxy ; Optical instruments, equipment and techniques ; Physics ; Physics of gases, plasmas and electric discharges ; Physics of plasmas and electric discharges ; Polarimeters and ellipsometers ; Teknisk fysik med inriktning mot materialvetenskap ; Theory and models of film growth ; Thin film ; Transparent conductive oxide ; Vapor phase epitaxy; growth from vapor phase ; Zinc tin oxide
É parte de: Thin Solid Films, 2014-04, Vol.556, p.186-194
Notas: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
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Descrição: Zinc tin oxide (ZTO) thin films are of interest for many applications, including transparent conducting oxides and buffer layers in thin film solar cells. In this work, the ability of atomic layer deposition (ALD) to control both thickness and composition of the ternary material is explored and the resulting film properties are characterized. ZTO was deposited at 150°C by alternating growth of tin oxide (SnOx) and zinc oxide (ZnO) using tetrakis(dimethylamido)tin and diethyl zinc as metal precursors and water as the oxygen source. The growth behavior of ZTO was systematically examined as a function of the relative fraction of SnOx to ZnO ALD cycles and their bilayer period. Variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry (VASE) showed that the ZTO growth rate was strongly reduced as compared to the growth rates of the binaries, especially at low bilayer periods and low tin cycle fractions. Inductively-coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy showed that the composition, together with other properties of ZTO films, was not simply proportional to the binary ALD cycle fractions utilized in the deposition. Structurally, the deposited films were shown by X-ray diffraction to be amorphous for tin content exceeding 10%, for which only smooth features were observed by scanning electron microscopy. Optically, VASE revealed a minimum refractive index in the visible range for intermediate compositions and a maximum for the pure SnOx phase. Conversely, the ZTO bandgap was maximized for intermediate metal compositions near ~50%, and converged to the direct ZnO bandgap of 3.3eV for compositions with decreasing amounts of Sn in the films. Linear extrapolations gave a range of 2.9 to 4.0eV for SnOx bandgap depending on the bandgap type (indirect or direct). •Zinc tin oxide thin films were grown on silicon by atomic layer deposition (ALD).•An analytical model was developed for the zinc tin oxide ALD growth.•The deposited films were amorphous for tin content exceeding 10%.•Optical properties of the films show a non-trivial dependence on chemical composition.
Editor: Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V
Idioma: Inglês

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Thin film characterization of zinc tin oxide deposited by thermal atomic layer deposition

Mullings, Marja N. ; Hägglund, Carl ; Tanskanen, Jukka T. ; Yee, Yesheng ; Geyer, Scott ; Bent, Stacey F.

Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V

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