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Title: Transparent Conducting Properties of SrSnO3 and ZnSnO3

Abstract

We report optical properties of doped n-type SrSnO3 and ZnSnO3 in relation to potential application as transparent conductors. We find that the orthorhombic distortion of the perovskite structure in SrSnO3 leads to absorption in the visible as the doping level is increased. This arises from interband transitions. We find that strain tuning could modify this absorption, but does not eliminate it. On the other hand, we find that ZnSnO3 although also having a non-cubic structure, can retain excellent transparency when doped, making it a good candidate transparent conductor.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [4]
  1. Inst. of High Performance Computing (Singapore)
  2. Jilin Univ., Changchun (China)
  3. Max Planck Inst. for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD), Hamburg (Germany)
  4. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1185952
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
APL Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2166-532X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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Ong, Khuong P., Fan, Xiaofeng, Subedi, Alaska, Sullivan, Michael B., and Singh, David J. Transparent Conducting Properties of SrSnO3 and ZnSnO3. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4919564.
Ong, Khuong P., Fan, Xiaofeng, Subedi, Alaska, Sullivan, Michael B., & Singh, David J. Transparent Conducting Properties of SrSnO3 and ZnSnO3. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919564
Ong, Khuong P., Fan, Xiaofeng, Subedi, Alaska, Sullivan, Michael B., and Singh, David J. Wed . "Transparent Conducting Properties of SrSnO3 and ZnSnO3". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919564. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1185952.
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title = {Transparent Conducting Properties of SrSnO3 and ZnSnO3},
author = {Ong, Khuong P. and Fan, Xiaofeng and Subedi, Alaska and Sullivan, Michael B. and Singh, David J.},
abstractNote = {We report optical properties of doped n-type SrSnO3 and ZnSnO3 in relation to potential application as transparent conductors. We find that the orthorhombic distortion of the perovskite structure in SrSnO3 leads to absorption in the visible as the doping level is increased. This arises from interband transitions. We find that strain tuning could modify this absorption, but does not eliminate it. On the other hand, we find that ZnSnO3 although also having a non-cubic structure, can retain excellent transparency when doped, making it a good candidate transparent conductor.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4919564},
journal = {APL Materials},
number = 6,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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