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High electron concentration and mobility in Al-doped n-ZnO epilayer achieved via dopant activation using rapid-thermal annealing.
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Journal of Applied Physics . 3/15/2005, Vol. 97 Issue 6, p066103. 3p. 4 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- We report on the growth of very high-quality Al-doped n-type ZnO epilayers on sapphire substrates using a radio-frequency (rf) magnetron sputtering technique combined with a rapid-thermal annealing. Photoluminescence (PL) and Hall measurements show that both the optical and electrical properties of the ZnO layers are significantly improved with an increasing annealing temperature up to 900 °C. For example, the samples that are grown at 600 °C and a rf power of 100 W with an Ar/O2 gas ratio of 1 give an electron concentration of 1.83×1020 cm3 and a mobility of 65.6 cm2/V s, when annealed at 900 °C for 3 min in a nitrogen ambient. Furthermore, x-ray diffraction measurements show that both the as-grown and annealed samples are of excellent crystallinity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00218979
- Volume :
- 97
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16454375
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1863416