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Long-term Room Temperature Instability in Thermal Conductivity of InGaZnO Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2016

Boya Cui ,
D. Bruce Buchholz ,
Li Zeng ,
Michael Bedzyk ,
Robert P. H. Chang  and
Matthew Grayson
Boya Cui
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, U.S.A Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, U.S.A
D. Bruce Buchholz
Affiliation:
Material Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, U.S.A
Li Zeng
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, U.S.A
Michael Bedzyk
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, U.S.A Material Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, U.S.A
Robert P. H. Chang
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, U.S.A Material Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, U.S.A
Matthew Grayson*
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, U.S.A Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, U.S.A
*
*(Email: mgrayson@eecs.northwestern.edu)
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Abstract

The cross-plane thermal conductivities of InGaZnO (IGZO) thin films in different morphologies were measured on three occasions within 19 months, using the 3ω method at room temperature 300 K. Amorphous (a-), semi-crystalline (semi-c-) and crystalline (c-) IGZO films were grown by pulsed laser deposition (PLD), followed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) for evaluation of film quality and crystallinity. Semi-c-IGZO shows the highest thermal conductivity, even higher than the most ordered crystal-like phase. After being stored in dry low-oxygen environment for months, a drastic decrease of semi-c-IGZO thermal conductivity was observed, while the thermal conductivity slightly reduced in c-IGZO and remained unchanged in a-IGZO. This change in thermal conductivity with storage time can be attributed to film structural relaxation and vacancy diffusion to grain boundaries.

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thermal conductivitythin filmtransparent conductor
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MRS Advances , Volume 1 , Issue 22: Electronics and Photonics , 2016 , pp. 1631 - 1636
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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