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Title: Transparent and conductive indium doped cadmium oxide thin films prepared by pulsed filtered cathodic arc deposition

Abstract

Indium doped cadmium oxide (CdO:In) films with different In concentrations were prepared on low-cost glass substrates by pulsed filtered cathodic arc deposition (PFCAD). In this study, it is shown that polycrystalline CdO:In films with smooth surface and dense structure are obtained. In-doping introduces extra electrons leading to remarkable improvements of electron mobility and conductivity, as well as improvement in the optical transmittance due to the Burstein Moss effect. CdO:In films on glass substrates with thickness near 230 nm show low resistivity of 7.23 x 10-5 Ωcm, high electron mobility of 142 cm2/Vs, and mean transmittance over 80% from 500-1250 nm (including the glass substrate). These high quality pulsed arc-grown CdO:In films are potentially suitable for high efficiency multi-junction solar cells that harvest a broad range of the solar spectrum.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [2]
  1. Harbin Inst. of Technology, Harbin (China); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. Harbin Inst. of Technology, Harbin (China)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1168606
Report Number(s):
LBNL-6067E
Journal ID: ISSN 0169-4332; TRN: US1600488
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Surface Science
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 265; Journal Issue: C; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 2013-01-15; Journal ID: ISSN 0169-4332
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; indium-doped cadminum oxide; transparent conducting oxide; pulsed filtered cathodic arc deposition

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Zhu, Yuankun, Mendelsberg, Rueben J., Zhu, Jiaqi, Han, Jiecai, and Anders, André. Transparent and conductive indium doped cadmium oxide thin films prepared by pulsed filtered cathodic arc deposition. United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.11.096.
Zhu, Yuankun, Mendelsberg, Rueben J., Zhu, Jiaqi, Han, Jiecai, & Anders, André. Transparent and conductive indium doped cadmium oxide thin films prepared by pulsed filtered cathodic arc deposition. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.11.096
Zhu, Yuankun, Mendelsberg, Rueben J., Zhu, Jiaqi, Han, Jiecai, and Anders, André. Mon . "Transparent and conductive indium doped cadmium oxide thin films prepared by pulsed filtered cathodic arc deposition". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.11.096. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1168606.
@article{osti_1168606,
title = {Transparent and conductive indium doped cadmium oxide thin films prepared by pulsed filtered cathodic arc deposition},
author = {Zhu, Yuankun and Mendelsberg, Rueben J. and Zhu, Jiaqi and Han, Jiecai and Anders, André},
abstractNote = {Indium doped cadmium oxide (CdO:In) films with different In concentrations were prepared on low-cost glass substrates by pulsed filtered cathodic arc deposition (PFCAD). In this study, it is shown that polycrystalline CdO:In films with smooth surface and dense structure are obtained. In-doping introduces extra electrons leading to remarkable improvements of electron mobility and conductivity, as well as improvement in the optical transmittance due to the Burstein Moss effect. CdO:In films on glass substrates with thickness near 230 nm show low resistivity of 7.23 x 10-5 Ωcm, high electron mobility of 142 cm2/Vs, and mean transmittance over 80% from 500-1250 nm (including the glass substrate). These high quality pulsed arc-grown CdO:In films are potentially suitable for high efficiency multi-junction solar cells that harvest a broad range of the solar spectrum.},
doi = {10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.11.096},
journal = {Applied Surface Science},
number = C,
volume = 265,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2012},
month = {Mon Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2012}
}

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