Recent advances in ZnO transparent thin film transistors

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Abstract

Zinc oxide is a well-known wide band gap semiconductor material (3.4 eV at room temperature, in the crystalline form), which has many applications, such as for transparent conductors, varistors, surface acoustic waves, gas sensors, piezoelectric transducers and UV detectors. More recently, it is attracting considerable attention for its possible application to thin film transistors. In this paper, we present some of the recent results already obtained as well as the ones that are being developed in our laboratory. The main advantage presented by these new thin film transistors is the combination of high channel mobility and transparency produced at room temperature which makes these thin film transistors a very promising low cost device for the next generation of invisible and flexible electronics. Moreover, the processing technology used to fabricate this device is relatively simple and it is compatible with inexpensive plastic/flexible substrate technology.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)205-211
Number of pages7
JournalThin Solid Films
Volume487
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2005
EventInternational Conference on Polycrystalline Semiconductors-Materials, Technologies, Device Applications -
Duration: 5 Sept 200410 Sept 2004

Keywords

  • Zinc oxide
  • Thin film transistors
  • rf Magnetron sputtering

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