Aluminum doped zinc oxide for organic photovoltaics

Post-annealed gallium and aluminum co-doped zinc oxide films applied in organic photovoltaic devices

Gallium and aluminum co-doped zinc oxide (GAZO) films were produced by magnetron sputtering. The GAZO films were post-annealed in either vacuum or hydrogen microwave plasma. Vacuum- and hydrogen microwave plasma-annealed GAZO films show different surface morphologies and lattice structures. The surface roughness and the spacing between adjacent (002) planes decrease; grain growth occurs for the...

Aluminum Zinc Oxide Transparent Conductors for Optical Cavity Enhanced Polymer Photovoltaics

Zinc oxide and gallium doped zinc oxide nanowires for optoelectronics

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures are become an important matter of study since they can be used in nanoscale optoelectronics for applications such as memory storage, logic circuits, solid-state gas-, bioor light-sensors, solar cells, field effect transistors, field effect displays, and short wavelength light emitting diodes. ZnO is a semiconductor with a direct and wide band-gap around 3.4 eV, a...

Extreme tunability in aluminum doped Zinc Oxide plasmonic materials for near-infrared applications

Plasmonic materials (PMs), featuring large static or dynamic tunability, have significant impact on the optical properties due to their potential for applications in transformation optics, telecommunications, energy, and biomedical areas. Among PMs, the carrier concentration and mobility are two tunable parameters, which control the plasma frequency of a metal. Here, we report on large static a...

Atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) for post-annealing of aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO) films

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Aluminum doped zinc oxide Post-annealing Dielectric barrier discharge Indium–tin oxide DC magnetron X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy Aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) is a material that can have high electrical conductivity while being highly transparent at the same time. It has been used in many applications such as displays, mobile devices and solar cells. Curren...