Issue 12, 2022

Thermal atomic layer deposition of In2O3 thin films using a homoleptic indium triazenide precursor and water

Abstract

Indium oxide (In2O3) is an important transparent conducting material widely used in optoelectronic applications. Herein, we study the deposition of In2O3 by thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) using our recently reported indium(III) triazenide precursor and H2O. A temperature interval with self-limiting growth was found between ∼270 and 385 °C with a growth per cycle of ∼1.0 Å. The deposited films were polycrystalline cubic In2O3 with In : O ratios of 1 : 1.2, and low levels of C and no detectable N impurities. The transmittance of the films was found to be >70% in visible light and the resistivity was found to be 0.2 mΩ cm. The high growth rates, low impurities, high optical transmittance, and low resistivity of these films give promise to this process being used for ALD of In2O3 films for future microelectronic displays.

Graphical abstract: Thermal atomic layer deposition of In2O3 thin films using a homoleptic indium triazenide precursor and water

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Nov 2021
Accepted
22 Feb 2022
First published
22 Feb 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Dalton Trans., 2022,51, 4712-4719

Thermal atomic layer deposition of In2O3 thin films using a homoleptic indium triazenide precursor and water

P. Mpofu, P. Rouf, N. J. O'Brien, U. Forsberg and H. Pedersen, Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 4712 DOI: 10.1039/D1DT03748J

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