Aluminium- and gallium-doped homoepitaxial ZnO thin films: Strain-engineering and electrical performance

作者:Lorenz Michael*; Weiss Tobias; Schmidt Florian; von Wenckstern Holger; Grundmann Marius
来源:Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science, 2015, 212(7): 1440-1447.
DOI:10.1002/pssa.201431929

摘要

Aluminium-and gallium-doped ZnO thin films with nominal source target compositions of 0.1 and 1 wt% were grown homoepitaxially and in-plane lattice matched on c-plane ZnO (00.1) single crystalline substrates. In dependence on dopant concentration and oxygen partial pressure during growth we found compressive or tensile out-of-plane epitaxial strain up to 0.1%. Electrical investigations showed that the conductivity of the substrates alters transport properties at room temperature. Correct interpretation requires variable temperature Hall effect measurements. These reveal, that besides the contributions of the substrate and the deposited thin film an additional conduction channel, likely located at the surface of the samples must be considered to explain and model the temperature dependence of the free electron concentration and their mobility.

  • 出版日期2015-7