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Sensors and Materials, Volume 36, Number 2(3) (2024)
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pp. 671-681
S&M3554 Research Paper of Special Issue
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM4684
Published: February 29, 2024

Photoelectric Characteristics of Trilayer Thin-film Structures Processed at Different Annealing Temperatures for Photosensors [PDF]

Tang-Yi Tsai, Chia-Ju Liu, Tsai-Dan Chang, Sheng-Lung Tu, and Tao-Hsing Chen

(Received June 20, 2023; Accepted January 5, 2024)

Keywords: sputtering, transparent conducting film, annealing, ITO-doped Ga, Zr

Radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering was used to sputter a thin layer of ITO:Ga with a purity of 97:3 at% on glass substrates. A layer of Zr with a purity of 99.99% was then deposited on the ITO:Ga layer by direct current magnetron sputtering. Finally, RF magnetron sputtering was used once again to deposit a thin ZnO layer with a purity of 99.99 at% on top of the Zr layer. The three-layered film structure was annealed in a vacuum at various temperatures in the range of 200–500 °C in order to prompt a rearrangement of the crystal structure and reduce the number of internal defects. The effects of the annealing temperature on the film thickness, electrical properties, optical properties, surface morphologies, and quality factors of the multilayered films were investigated. The trilayer film showed a minimum resistivity of 1.79 × 10−3 Ω-cm after annealing at a temperature of 500 °C and an average optical transmission of 88.14% after annealing at 300 °C. The optimal quality factor (1.44 × 10−3 Ω−1) was obtained for the film annealed at 500 °C.

Corresponding author: Tao-Hsing Chen


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Tang-Yi Tsai, Chia-Ju Liu, Tsai-Dan Chang, Sheng-Lung Tu, and Tao-Hsing Chen, Photoelectric Characteristics of Trilayer Thin-film Structures Processed at Different Annealing Temperatures for Photosensors, Sens. Mater., Vol. 36, No. 2, 2024, p. 671-681.



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