p -type conduction in N–Al co-doped ZnO thin films

Jianguo Lü, Z. Z. Ye, Fei Zhuge, Y. J. Zeng, Binghui Zhao, Li Zhu

Applied Physics Letters · 2004 · 226 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

p -type ZnO thin films have been realized by the N–Al co-doping method. Secondary ion mass spectroscopy demonstrated that the N incorporation was enhanced evidently by the presence of Al in ZnO. The lowest room-temperature resistivity was found to be 57.3Ωcm with a Hall mobility of 0.43cm2∕Vs and carrier concentration of 2.25×1017cm−3 for the N–Al co-doped p-type ZnO film deposited on glass substrate. The results were much better than those for the N-doped p-type ZnO. Moreover, the co-doped film possesses a good crystallinity with c-axis orientation and a high transmittance (90%) in the visible region.

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