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High quality aluminium doped zinc oxide target synthesis from nanoparticulate powder and characterisation of sputtered thin films

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posted on 2014-09-04, 08:50 authored by Patrick J.M. Isherwood, Nuno N.P. Neves, Jake BowersJake Bowers, Paul Newbatt, Michael WallsMichael Walls
Nanoparticulate aluminium-doped zinc oxide powder was synthesised through detonation and subsequent rapid quenching of metallic precursors. This technique allows for precise compositional control and rapid nanoparticle production. The resulting powder was used to form sputter targets, which were used to deposit thin films by radio frequency sputtering. These films show excellent sheet resistance and transmission values for a wide range of deposition temperatures. Crystal structure analysis shows that crystals in the target have a random orientation, whereas the crystals in the films grow perpendicular to the substrate surface and propagate preferentially along the (002) axis. Higher temperature deposition reduces crystal quality with a corresponding decrease in refractive index and an increase in sheet resistance. Films deposited between room temperature and 300 °C were found to have sheet resistances equivalent to or better than indium tin oxide films for a given average transmission value.

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The authors from Loughborough University would like to acknowledge funding for the work through the EPSRC Supergen Supersolar Hub (EP/J017361/1).

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

Thin Solid Films

Volume

566

Pages

108 - 114

Citation

ISHERWOOD, P.J.M. ... (et al.), 2014. High quality aluminium doped zinc oxide target synthesis from nanoparticulate powder and characterisation of sputtered thin films. Thin Solid Films, 566, pp. 108-114.

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© Elsevier

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2014-07-17

Publication date

2014-07-26

Copyright date

2014

Notes

This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Thin Solid Films and the definitive published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2014.07.032

ISSN

0040-6090

Language

  • en

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