Resonant Ta Doping for Enhanced Mobility in Transparent Conducting SnO2
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Williamson, B.A.D., Featherstone, T. J., Sathasivam, S., Swallow, J.E.N., Jones, A.H., Smiles, M.J., Regoutz, A., Xia, X., Blackman, C., Thaku, P. K., Carmalt, C.J., Parkin, I.P, Veal, T.D. and Scanlon, D.O (2020). Resonant Ta Doping for Enhanced Mobility in Transparent Conducting SnO2. Chemistry of Materials. 32, p. 1964−1973. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04845
Authors | Williamson, B.A.D., Featherstone, T. J., Sathasivam, S., Swallow, J.E.N., Jones, A.H., Smiles, M.J., Regoutz, A., Xia, X., Blackman, C., Thaku, P. K., Carmalt, C.J., Parkin, I.P, Veal, T.D. and Scanlon, D.O |
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Abstract | Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) are ubiquitous in modern consumer electronics. SnO2 is an earth abundant, cheaper alternative to In2O3 as a TCO. However, its performance in terms of mobilities and conductivities lags behind that of In2O3. On the basis of the recent discovery of mobility and conductivity enhancements in In2O3 from resonant dopants, we use a combination of state-of-the-art hybrid density functional theory calculations, high resolution photoelectron spectroscopy, and semiconductor statistics modeling to understand what is the optimal dopant to maximize performance of SnO2-based TCOs. We demonstrate that Ta is the optimal dopant for high performance SnO2, as it is a resonant dopant which is readily incorporated into SnO2 with the Ta 5d states sitting ∼1.4 eV above the conduction band minimum. Experimentally, the band edge electron effective mass of Ta doped SnO2 was shown to be 0.23m0, compared to 0.29m0 seen with conventional Sb doping, explaining its ability to yield higher mobilities and conductivities. |
Keywords | Transparent Conducting Oxides, Tin Oxide, CVD |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Chemistry of Materials |
Journal citation | 32, p. 1964−1973 |
Publisher | American Chemical Society (ACS) |
ISSN | 1520-5002 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04845 |
Web address (URL) | https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04845 |
Publication dates | |
18 Feb 2020 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 20 Jan 2023 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/911v6
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