US 12,107,192 B2
Conductive thin film for ultraviolet waveband and preparation method therefor
Hong Wang, Guangdong (CN); Rulian Wen, Guangdong (CN); Xiaolong Hu, Guangdong (CN); and Quanbin Zhou, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to ZHONGSHAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Guangdong (CN); and SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Guangzhou (CN)
Appl. No. 17/260,564
Filed by ZHONGSHAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Guangdong (CN); and SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Guangdong (CN)
PCT Filed Sep. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/106290
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/015765, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201810783767.4 (CN), filed on Jul. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0305460 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H01L 33/42 (2010.01); C23C 14/02 (2006.01); C23C 14/08 (2006.01); C23C 14/35 (2006.01); C23C 14/58 (2006.01); H01B 5/14 (2006.01); H01L 33/32 (2010.01)
CPC H01L 33/42 (2013.01) [C23C 14/025 (2013.01); C23C 14/08 (2013.01); C23C 14/35 (2013.01); C23C 14/5806 (2013.01); H01B 5/14 (2013.01); C23C 14/024 (2013.01); H01L 33/32 (2013.01); H01L 2933/0016 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A preparation method for a metal-doped gallium oxide transparent conductive thin film for ultraviolet waveband, wherein the preparation method comprises the following steps:
1) growing a contact layer thin film on a substrate using an electron beam conventionally, and annealing the grown contact layer thin film in a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere at 400° C. to 600° C. through a rapid thermal annealing furnace; wherein the contact layer thin film is made of ITO or Ni, and if the contact layer thin film is made of the ITO, the ITO has a growth thickness of 10 nm to 20 nm; and if the contact layer thin film is made of the Ni, the Ni has a growth thickness of 1 nm to 4 nm;
2) growing a first Ga2O3 thin film by sputtering through magnetron sputtering under argon conditions, and controlling a thickness of the first Ga2O3 thin film to be 10 nm to 20 nm; wherein the contact layer thin film is disposed between the first Ga2O3 thin film and the substrate;
3) growing a doped thin film by sputtering through magnetron sputtering under argon conditions, the doped thin film being an Ag, Al or Ti thin film, and controlling a thickness of the doped thin film to be 3 nm to 7 nm;
4) growing a second Ga2O3 thin film by sputtering through magnetron sputtering under argon conditions, and controlling a thickness of the second Ga2O3 thin film to be 10 nm to 20 nm; and
5) annealing the grown thin films integrally in a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere at 500° C. to 600° C. through the rapid thermal annealing furnace, so that permeation, diffusion and fusion occur between thin film materials to form a metal-doped Ga2O3 thin film,
wherein the metal-doped Ga2O3 thin film in the step 5) is formed by fusing the contact layer thin film, the first Ga2O3 thin film, the doped thin film, and the second Ga2O3 thin film; and the metal-doped Ga2O3 thin film has a thickness of 24 nm to 67 nm.