Publication: Effect of gas-timing technique on structure and optical properties of sputtered zinc oxide films
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2008-05-01
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02728842
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Ceramics International. Vol.34, No.4 (2008), 1103-1107
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Don Klaitabtim, Sirapat Pratontep, Jiti Nukeaw Effect of gas-timing technique on structure and optical properties of sputtered zinc oxide films. Ceramics International. Vol.34, No.4 (2008), 1103-1107. doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2007.09.100 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/19044
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Effect of gas-timing technique on structure and optical properties of sputtered zinc oxide films
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Zinc oxide thin films were prepared by the RF magnetron sputtering using a gas-timing technique whereby the flow of argon into the sputtering chamber was controlled by an on-off sequence. With this technique, polycrystalline ZnO thin films on glass substrates have been achieved without any thermal treatment of the substrate. In addition, the RF power and the gas-timing sequence can be fine-tuned to produce the hexagonal structure of ZnO thin films. X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements confirm a (0 0 2) plane oriented wurtzite structure ZnO thin films. The optimized conditions for this hexagonal structure are an RF power of 30 W and an on-off gas-timing sequence of 50:2 s. The root mean square surface roughness of ZnO thin films measured by atomic force microscopy are in the range of 6.4-11.5 nm. The optical transmittance of ZnO thin films is over 85% in the visible range. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l.