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Influence of oxygen partial pressure on structural, electrical, and optical properties of Al-doped ZnO film prepared by the ion beam co-sputtering method

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Aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO) films were prepared at room temperature by ion beam co-sputtering system under various oxygen partial pressures. The structural, electrical, and optical properties of the films were studied by XRD, XPS, Hall measurement, and spectrometer. The AZO film with low resistivity, 7.8 × 10−4 Ω cm, and high transparency, ~80 %, was obtained at the optimum oxygen partial pressure of 1.3 × 10−4 Torr and the intense (002) diffraction peak was observed simultaneously. Different optical band gaps observed in the films prepared under various oxygen partial pressures are closely related to the carrier concentrations in the films. Three O1s components were applied to fit the XPS O1s spectra. They consist of adsorbed oxygen species, oxygen in O-Zn bonds surrounded by oxygen vacancies, and oxygen in the O-Zn bonds. Two components, Zn in Zn–O bonds and Zn with higher than +2 oxidation states, were used to fit Zn2p3/2 spectra. It was found that the increase of film’s resistivity which may result from the drops in the oxygen vacancy, Zn interstitial, carrier concentration, and grain size. No apparent transmission change of the film in the visible light region as a function of oxygen partial pressure was detected.

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The authors would like to thank Sapintia Culture and Education Foundation, and the National Science Council of Taiwan (grant no. NSC99-2221-E-030-011-MY3) for financially supporting this study. P. W. Wang appreciates the funding from Bradley University.

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  1. Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Engineering, Fu Jen Catholic University, 510 Chung-Cheng Rd., Hsinchuang, New Taipei City, 24205, Taiwan

    Yu-Yun Chen

  2. Department of Physics, Fu Jen Catholic University, 510 Chung-Cheng Rd., Hsinchuang, New Taipei City, 24205, Taiwan

    Jin-Cherng Hsu & Chun-Yi Lee

  3. Department of Physics, Bradley University, 1501 W. Bradley Ave., Peoria, IL, 61625, USA

    Paul W. Wang

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Chen, YY., Hsu, JC., Lee, CY. et al. Influence of oxygen partial pressure on structural, electrical, and optical properties of Al-doped ZnO film prepared by the ion beam co-sputtering method. J Mater Sci 48, 1225–1230 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-012-6863-7

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