GU Wen, XU Tao, SHI Ji-feng, LI Xi-feng, ZHANG Jian-hua. Effect of The Film Thickness on The Performance of GZO Transparent Conductive Layer and LEDs with GZO Electrode[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2013,34(8): 1022-1027
GU Wen, XU Tao, SHI Ji-feng, LI Xi-feng, ZHANG Jian-hua. Effect of The Film Thickness on The Performance of GZO Transparent Conductive Layer and LEDs with GZO Electrode[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2013,34(8): 1022-1027 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20133408.1022.
Effect of The Film Thickness on The Performance of GZO Transparent Conductive Layer and LEDs with GZO Electrode
GZO transparent conductive films were prepared by RF magnetron sputtering. The influence of thickness on GZO films was studied by several methods
including atomic force microscopy
XRD
Hall Effect tester and UV-Vis spectrophotometer. LEDs with GZO transparent conductive layers were also fabricated. These results show that
as the thickness increases
the crystal quality is improved and the resistivity of the film is reduced. When the thickness reached 500 nm
the lowest resistivity of 2.7910
-4
cm and the highest transmittance of 97.9% at 460 nm wavelength were obtained. However
the variation of film thickness has little effect on the forward voltage of LED. But it is an important factor on improving the light extraction efficiency of LEDs.
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