Carrier Concentration Tuning of Bandgap-Reduced p-Type ZnO Films by Co-Doping of Cu and Ga for Improving Photoelectrochemical Response

Sudhakar Shet, Kwang Soon Ahn, Yanfa Yan, Todd Deutsch, Kevin M. Chrustowski, John Turner, Mowafak Al-Jassim, Nuggehalli Ravindra

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Abstract

In this study, the synthesis of p -type ZnO films with similar bandgaps but varying carrier concentrations through codoping of Cu and Ga is reported. The ZnO:(Cu,Ga) films are synthesized by rf magnetron sputtering in O2 gas ambient at room temperature, followed by postdeposition annealing at 500 °C in air for 2 h. The bandgap reduction and p -type conductivity are caused by the incorporation of Cu. The tuning of carrier concentration is realized by varying the Ga concentration. The carrier concentration tuning does not significantly change the bandgap and crystallinity. However, it can optimize the carrier concentration to significantly enhance the photoelectrochemical response for bandgap-reduced p -type ZnO thin films.

Original languageAmerican English
Article numberArticle No. 073504
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume103
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/JA-520-42377

Keywords

  • air
  • annealing
  • magenetrons
  • sputtering
  • synthesis
  • thin films
  • tuning

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