Asmat-Uceda, Matín A.

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    Synthesis and characterization of CuAlO2 thin films by reactive rf magnetron sputtering
    (2010) Asmat-Uceda, Matín A.; Tomar, Maharaj S.; College of Arts and Science - Science; Jiménez, Héctor; Singh, Surinder P.; Department of Physics; O’Neill-Carrillo, Efraín
    This work presents a comparative study on optical and electrical properties of CuAlO2 thin films on sapphire (0001) substrates deposited with two different growth conditions using reactive RF-magnetron sputtering technique from metallic Cu and Al targets. CuAlO2 is a very promising material for transparent electronic applications, it is intended that comparison of results obtained from both approaches, could lead to optimization and control of the physical properties of this material, namely its electrical conductivity and optical transmittance. All samples were heat treated at 1100°C using rapid thermal annealing with varying time and rate of cooling. The effect of sputtering conditions and different annealing time on phase formation and evolution is studied with X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It is found that for most of the samples CuAlO2 phase is formed after 60 min of annealing time, but secondary phases were also present that depend on the deposition conditions. However, pure CuAlO2 phase was obtained for annealed CuO on sapphire films with annealing time of 60 min. The optical properties obtained from UV-Visible spectroscopic measurement reveals indirect and direct optical band gaps for CuAlO2 films and were found to be 2.58 and 3.72 eV respectively. The films show a transmittance of about 60% in the visible range. Hall effect measurements indicate p-type conductivity. Van der Pauw technique was used to measure resistivity of the samples. The highest electrical conductivity and charge carrier concentration obtained were of 1.01x10-1S.cm-1 and 3.63 x1018 cm-3 respectively.