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  • Volume 30(3); 2023
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Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society 2023;30(3):94-101. Published online: Nov, 9, 2023

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DOI : doi.org/10.6117/kmeps.2023.30.3.094

An Investigation of Electrical Properties in Cation-anion Codoped ZnO by Atomic Layer Deposition

  • Dong-eun Kim* , Geonwoo Kim* , Kyung-Mun Kang, Akendra Singh Chabungbam, and Hyung-Ho Park†
    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, South Korea
Corresponding author E-mail: hhpark@yonsei.ac.kr
Abstract

Zinc oxide(ZnO) is a semiconductor material with a bandgap of 3.37 eV and an exciton binding energy of 60 meV for various applications. Recently ZnO has been proven to enhance its electrical properties for utilization as an alternative for transparent conducting oxide (TCO) materials. In this study, cation(Al, Ga)-anion(F) single and double doped ZnO thin films were grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD) to enhance the electrical properties. The structural and optical properties of doped ZnO thin films were analyzed, and doping effects were confirmed to electrical characteristics. In single doped ZnO, it was observed that the carrier concentration was increased after doping, acting as a donor to ZnO. Among the single doping elements, F doped ZnO(FZO) showed the highest mobility and conductivity due to the passivation effect of oxygen vacancies. In the case of double doping, higher electrical characteristics were observed compared to single doping. Among the samples, Al-F doped ZnO(AFZO) exhibited the lowest resistance value. This results can be attributed to an increase in delocalized electron states and a decrease in lattice distortion resulting from the differences in ionic radius. The partial density of states(PDOS) was also analyzed and observed to be consistent with the experimental results.

Keywords ZnO, codoping, atomic layer deposition

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