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- Title
Investigation of the Microstructure, Optical, Electrical and Nanomechanical Properties of ZnOx Thin Films Deposited by Magnetron Sputtering.
- Authors
Mazur, Michał; Obstarczyk, Agata; Posadowski, Witold; Domaradzki, Jarosław; Kiełczawa, Szymon; Wiatrowski, Artur; Wojcieszak, Damian; Kalisz, Małgorzata; Grobelny, Marcin; Szmidt, Jan
- Abstract
The paper presents the results of an investigation of the influence of technological parameters on the microstructure, optical, electrical and nanomechanical properties of zinc oxide coatings prepared using the pulsed reactive magnetron sputtering method. Three sets of ZnOx thin films were deposited in metallic, shallow dielectric and deep dielectric sputtering modes. Structural investigations showed that thin films deposited in the metallic mode were nanocrystalline with mixed hexagonal phases of metallic zinc and zinc oxide with crystallite size of 9.1 and 6.0 nm, respectively. On the contrary, the coatings deposited in both dielectric modes had a nanocrystalline ZnO structure with an average crystallite size smaller than 10 nm. Moreover, coatings deposited in the dielectric modes had an average transmission of 84% in the visible wavelength range, while thin films deposited in the metallic mode were opaque. Measurements of electrical properties revealed that the resistivity of as-deposited thin films was in the range of 10−4 Ωcm to 108 Ωcm. Coatings deposited in the metallic mode had the lowest hardness of 2.2 GPa and the worst scratch resistance among all sputtered coatings, whereas the best mechanical properties were obtained for the film sputtered in the deep dielectric mode. The obtained hardness of 11.5 GPa is one of the highest reported to date in the literature for undoped ZnO.
- Subjects
METALLIC thin films; MAGNETRON sputtering; MAGNETRONS; THIN films; OXIDE coating; REACTIVE sputtering; METAL coating; ZINC oxide
- Publication
Materials (1996-1944), 2022, Vol 15, Issue 19, p6551
- ISSN
1996-1944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ma15196551