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Fermi level tuning of ZnO films through supercycled atomic layer deposition

Fermi level tuning of ZnO films through supercycled atomic layer deposition
Fermi level tuning of ZnO films through supercycled atomic layer deposition
A novel supercycled atomic layer deposition (ALD) process which combines thermal ALD process with in situ O2 plasma treatment is presented in this work to deposit ZnO thin films with highly tunable electrical properties. Both O2 plasma time and the number of thermal ALD cycles in a supercycle can be adjusted to achieve fine tuning of film resistivity and carrier concentration up to six orders of magnitude without extrinsic doping. The concentration of hydrogen defects are believed to play a major role in adjusting the electrical properties of ZnO films. Kelvin probe force microscopy results evidently show the shift of Fermi level in different ZnO films and are well associated with the changing of carrier concentration. This reliable and robust technique reported here clearly points towards the capability of using this method to produce ZnO films with controlled properties in different applications.
Atomic layer deposition, Fermi level, Kelvin probe force microscopy, ZnO
1931-7573
Huang, Ruomeng
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Ye, Sheng
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Sun, Kai
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Kiang, Kian
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De Groot, Cornelis
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Huang, Ruomeng
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Ye, Sheng
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Sun, Kai
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Kiang, Kian
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De Groot, Cornelis
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Huang, Ruomeng, Ye, Sheng, Sun, Kai, Kiang, Kian and De Groot, Cornelis (2017) Fermi level tuning of ZnO films through supercycled atomic layer deposition. Nanoscale Research Letters, 12. (doi:10.1186/s11671-017-2308-1).

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A novel supercycled atomic layer deposition (ALD) process which combines thermal ALD process with in situ O2 plasma treatment is presented in this work to deposit ZnO thin films with highly tunable electrical properties. Both O2 plasma time and the number of thermal ALD cycles in a supercycle can be adjusted to achieve fine tuning of film resistivity and carrier concentration up to six orders of magnitude without extrinsic doping. The concentration of hydrogen defects are believed to play a major role in adjusting the electrical properties of ZnO films. Kelvin probe force microscopy results evidently show the shift of Fermi level in different ZnO films and are well associated with the changing of carrier concentration. This reliable and robust technique reported here clearly points towards the capability of using this method to produce ZnO films with controlled properties in different applications.

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Accepted/In Press date: 8 September 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 September 2017
Published date: 2017
Keywords: Atomic layer deposition, Fermi level, Kelvin probe force microscopy, ZnO

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Local EPrints ID: 414682
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/414682
ISSN: 1931-7573
PURE UUID: aedf449f-1397-4b47-8f88-7767164e985b
ORCID for Ruomeng Huang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1185-635X
ORCID for Kai Sun: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6807-6253
ORCID for Kian Kiang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7326-909X
ORCID for Cornelis De Groot: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3850-7101

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Date deposited: 05 Oct 2017 16:31
Last modified: 15 Jun 2024 01:42

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Author: Ruomeng Huang ORCID iD
Author: Sheng Ye
Author: Kai Sun ORCID iD
Author: Kian Kiang ORCID iD

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