Structure and properties of GZO thin films grown on ZnO buffer layers |
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| Authors: | C.Y. Chu C.H. Huang L.M. Kao C.P. Chou C.Y. Hsu C.W. Chen D.Y. Chen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, ROC;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, ROC;3. Department of Mechatronic Technology, Tungnan University, Taiwan, ROC;4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hwa Hsia Institute of Technology Taipei, Taiwan, ROC |
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| Abstract: | Thin gallium-doped zinc oxide (in GZO the Ga2O3 contents are approximately 3 wt%) films having different ZnO buffer layers were deposited using radio frequency (rf) magnetron sputtering. The use of a grey-based Taguchi method to determine the processing parameters of ZnO buffer layer deposition has been studied by considering multiple performance characteristics. A Taguchi method with an L9 orthogonal array, signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) is employed to investigate the performance characteristics in the deposition operations. The effect and optimization of ZnO buffer deposition parameters (rf power, sputtering pressure, thickness, and annealing) on the structure, morphology, electrical resistivity, and optical transmittance of the GZO films are studied. Annealing treatment and reduction in thickness resulted in a decrease in root-mean-square (RMS) surface roughness of the ZnO buffer layer. Using the optimal ZnO buffer layer obtained by the application of the grey-based Taguchi method, the electrical resistivity of GZO films was decreased from 2.94×10−3 to 9.44×10−4 Ω cm and the optical transmittance in the visible region was slightly increased from 84.81% to 85.82%. |
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| Keywords: | Transparent conductive oxide Buffer layer Growth rate Grey relational analysis |
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