화학공학소재연구정보센터
Thin Solid Films, Vol.350, No.1-2, 79-84, 1999
Highly conducting indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films deposited by pulsed laser ablation
Highly conducting and transparent indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films were prepared on SiO2 glass and silicon substrates by pulsed laser ablation (PLA) from a 90 wt.% In2O3-10 wt.% SnO2 sintered ceramic target. The growths of ITO films under different oxygen pressures (Po-2) ranging from 1 x 10(-4)-5 x 10(-2) Torr at low substrate temperatures (T-s) between room temperature (RT) and 200 degrees C were investigated. The opto-electrical properties of the films were found to be strongly dependent on the Po-2 during the film deposition. Under a Po-2 of 1 x 10(-2) Torr, ITO films with low resistivity of 5.35 x 10(-4) and 1.75 x 10(-4) ht cm were obtained at RT(25 degrees C) and 200 degrees C, respectively. The films exhibited high carrier density and reasonably high Hall mobility at the optimal Po-2 region of 1 x 10(-2) to 1.5 x 10(-2) Torr. Optical transmittance in excess of 87% in the visible region of the solar spectrum was displayed by the films deposited at Po-2 greater than or equal to 1 X 10(-2) Torr and it was significantly reduced as the Po-2 decreases.