Investigation of oxygen and argon plasma treatment on Mg-doped InZnO thin film transistors.

Mg-doped InZnO (MIZO) films were prepared by sol-gel method, and bottom-gate structured thin film transistors (TFTs) were prepared by using the MIZO films. Oxygen and argon (Ar) plasma treatments were carried out on the film and TFTs. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results show that both Ar and oxygen etching can increase the oxygen deficiencies, which effectively increase the content of carrier concentration in MIZO films. After both kinds of plasma treatment, the field effect mobility of the MIZO TFTs is greatly improved and the on/off current ratio increases two orders of magnitude. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]