Structural, Optical, and Thermoelectric Properties of the ZnO:Al Films Synthesized by Atomic Layer Deposition

Tambasov, I. A.; Volochaev, M. N.; Voronin, A. S.; Evsevskaya, N. P.; Masyugin, A. N.; Aleksandrovskii, A. S.; Smolyarova, T. E.; Nemtsev, I., V; Lyashchenko, S. A.; Bondarenko, G. N.; Tambasova, E., V Source: PHYSICS OF THE SOLID STATE, 61 (10):1904-1909; 10.1134/S1063783419100354 OCT 2019

Aluminum-doped zinc oxide thin films have been grown by atomic layer deposition at a temperature of 200°C. Using X-ray diffraction, it has been established that the ZnO:Al thin films exhibits the reflections from the (100), (002), (110), and (201) ZnO hexagonal phase planes. The (101) and (102) planes have also been detected by electron diffraction. The ZnO:Al thin films grow smooth with a root-mean-square roughness of Rq = 0.33 nm and characteristic nanocrystallite sizes of ~70 and ~15 nm without additional aluminum or aluminum oxide phases. The transmission at a wavelength of 550 nm with regard to the substrate has been found to be 96%. The refractive indices and absorption coefficients of the ZnO:Al thin films in the wavelength range of 250–900 nm have been determined. The maximum refractive indices and absorption coefficients have been found to be 2.09 at a wavelength of 335 nm and 0.39 at a wavelength of 295 nm, respectively. The optical band gap is 3.56 eV. The resistivity, Seebeck coefficient, and power factor of the ZnO:Al thin films are ∼1.02 × 10–3 Ω cm, –60 μV/K, and 340 μW m–1 K–2 at room temperature, respectively. The maximum power factor attains 620 μW m–1 K–2 at a temperature of 200°C.


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