ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
5 years ago

Controllable Formation of (004)-Orientated Nb:TiO2 for High-Performance Transparent Conductive Oxide Thin Films with Tunable Near-Infrared Transmittance

Controllable Formation of (004)-Orientated Nb:TiO2 for High-Performance Transparent Conductive Oxide Thin Films with Tunable Near-Infrared Transmittance
Fusheng Liu, Ming Xu, Sheng Yuan, Jun Liang, Feng Pan, Shu Xiao, Yuxin Min, Yuan Lin, Jiangtao Hu, Zongwei Mei, Ming-Jian Zhang, Yandong Duan, Xiaoyang Yang, Hai Lin
A niobium-doped titanium dioxide (Nb:TiO2, NTO) film is a promising candidate material for indium-free transparent conductive oxide (TCO) films. It is challenging and interesting to control (004)-oriented growth to decrease resistivity. In this work, NTO films with different fractions of preferential (004) orientation (η(004)) were controllably prepared by direct current sputtering. Notably, the direction of local-ordering of ions-packing could be adjusted by slightly changing the angle between the sputtering source and the glass substrate, which is identified as a key factor to determine the growth direction of a columnar crystal as well as the η(004) of films. Hall effect measurements indicate that NTO films with the highest η(004) present the lowest resistivity (6.4 × 10–4 Ω cm), which originates from super-high carrier concentration (2.9 × 1021 cm–3) and mobility (3.4 cm2 V–1 s–1). The corresponding low sheet resistance (10.3 Ω sq–1) makes it a potential material for commercial TCO films. We also observe that films with higher η(004) show lower transmittance in the near-infrared region.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b06792

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b06792

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