Hall mobility of cuprous oxide thin films deposited by reactive direct-current magnetron sputtering
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Lee, Yun Seog; Winkler, Mark Thomas; Siah, Sin Cheng; Brandt, Riley E; Buonassisi, Anthony
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Cuprous oxide (Cu[subscript 2]O) is a promising earth-abundant semiconductor for photovoltaic applications. We report Hall mobilities of polycrystalline Cu[subscript 2]O thin films deposited by reactive dc magnetron sputtering. High substrate growth temperature enhances film grain structure and Hall mobility. Temperature-dependent Hall mobilities measured on these films are comparable to monocrystalline Cu[subscript 2]O at temperatures above 250 K, reaching 62 cm[superscript 2]/V s at room temperature. At lower temperatures, the Hall mobility appears limited by carrier scattering from ionized centers. These observations indicate that sputtered Cu[subscript 2]O films at high substrate growth temperature may be suitable for thin-film photovoltaic applications.
Date issued
2011-05Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of EngineeringJournal
Applied Physics Letters
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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Lee, Yun Seog et al. “Hall Mobility of Cuprous Oxide Thin Films Deposited by Reactive Direct-current Magnetron Sputtering.” Applied Physics Letters 98.19 (2011): 192115. © 2011 American Institute of Physics
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0003-6951
1077-3118