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Structural and Electrical Parameters of ZnO Thin Films Grown by ALD with either Water or Ozone as Oxygen Precursors
Document Type
article
Source
Crystals, Vol 9, Iss 11, p 554 (2019)
Subject
zinc oxide
tco films
thin layer
Crystallography
QD901-999
Language
English
ISSN
2073-4352
Abstract
Low temperature (at 100 °C and below) growth of ZnO thin films by atomic layer deposition (ALD) is demonstrated. Properties of the layers grown with two different oxygen reagents: ozone and water are compared. Diethylzinc (DEZ) was used as metal precursor. Electrical and structural properties of films obtained at several different growth temperatures, ranging from 50 °C to 250 °C were analyzed. It turned out that the film grown in the water-based process at 250 °C and all films grown with ozone have more ordered crystallographic structure with the privileged growth direction (001) perpendicular to the substrate than water-based samples grown in temperatures 100−200 °C. Higher free electron concentration at room temperature was observed for ozone-based samples grown at 100 °C and 150 °C in comparison to water-based samples obtained at the same growth temperature. Low value of resistivity in case of ozone-based samples grown at 100 °C is a promising result, however lower electron mobility requires further optimization.