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V-I Curves of p-ZnO:Al/n-ZnO:Al Junction Fabricated by RF Magnetron Sputtering

  • Jin, Hu-Jie (School of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, Wriss, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Jeong, Yun-Hwan (School of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, Wriss, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Park, Choon-Bae (School of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, Wriss, Wonkwang University)
  • Published : 2008.06.01
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Abstract

Al-doped p-type ZnO films were fabricated on n-Si (100) and homo-buffer layers in pure oxygen at $450^{\circ}C$ of by RF magnetron sputtering. Target was ZnO ceramic mixed with 2 wt% $Al_2O_3$. XRD spectra show that the Al-doped ZnO thin films have ZnO crystal structure and homo-buffer layers are beneficial to Al-doped ZnO films to grow along c-axis. Hall Effect experiments with Van der Pauw configuration show that p-type carrier concentrations are ranged from $1.66{\times}10^{16}$ to $4.04{\times}10^{18}\;cm^{-3}$, mobilities from 0.194 to $2.3\;cm^2V^{-1}s^{-1}$ and resistivities from 7.97 to $18.4\;{\Omega}cm$. p-type sample has density of $5.40\;cm^{-3}$ which is smaller than theoretically calculated value of $5.67\;cm^{-3}$. XPS spectra show that Ols has O-O and Zn-O structures and Al2p has only Al-O structure. P-ZnO:Al/n-ZnO:Al junctions were fabricated by magnetron sputtering. V-I curves show that the p-n junctions have rectifying characteristics.

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