Characteristics of Al-Doped ZnO Films Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition for Silicon Nanowire Photovoltaic Device
We report the structural, electrical, and optical characteristics of Al-doped ZnO (ZnO:Al) films deposited on glass by atomic layer deposition (ALD) with various Al2O3 film contents for use as transparent electrodes. Unlike films fabricated by a sputtering method,
the diffraction peak position of the films deposited by ALD progressively moved to a higher angle with increasing Al2O3 film content. This indicates that Zn sites were effectively replaced by Al, due to layer-by-layer growth mechanism of ALD process which is based on
alternate self-limiting surface chemical reactions. By adjusting the Al2O3 film content, a ZnO:Al film with low electrical resistivity (9.84 × 10−4 Ωcm) was obtained at an Al2O3 film content of 3.17%, where the Al concentration,
carrier mobility, optical transmittance, and bandgap energy were 2.8 wt%, 11.20 cm2 V−1 s−1, 94.23%, and 3.6 eV, respectively. Moreover, the estimated figure of merit value of our best sample was 8.2 mΩ−1. These results suggest
that ZnO:Al films deposited by ALD could be useful for electronic devices in which especially require 3-dimensional conformal deposition of the transparent electrode and surface passivation.
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 July 2012
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