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p-Type transparent conducting copper-strontium oxide thin films for optoelectronic devices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

H.A. Mohamed
H.A. Mohamed*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, 82524 Sohag, Egypt Physics Department, Teachers College, King Saud University, 11148 Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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ae-mail: hussein_abdelhafez2000@yahoo.com
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Abstract

p-Type thin films of copper-strontium oxide (Cu-Sr-O) have been deposited by e-beam evaporation technique on microscopic glass substrates. A study of optical, electrical and structural properties was performed on the thin films, varying temperature of annealing. Amorphous Cu-Sr-O films were obtained at low temperature. Partially polycrystalline films were obtained at high temperature of 550 °C with transparency over 72% at wavelength from 600 to 700 nm in the visible region and 83% in the near infrared region (λ = 1800:2500 nm). The optical band gap was estimated to be ~3.5 eV. The Seebeck coefficient measurements showed that the as-deposited films represented n-type conduction and with annealing temperature these films converted to p-type. The electrical conductivity measurements at room temperature of annealed films at temperature of 550 °C represented the best value about 2 S/cm. The other optical parameters such as refractive index, extinction coefficient, dielectric constant and cutoff wavelength were studied as a function of annealing temperature.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 56 , Issue 3: Focus on organic electronic devices , December 2011 , 30301
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© EDP Sciences, 2011

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