SnS thin films prepared by H2S-free process and its p-type thin film transistor

Polycrystalline SnS thin films were fabricated by a H2S-free process combing pulsed laser deposition at room temperature and post-deposition thermal annealing in Ar. Thermal annealing improved the crystalline quality of the SnS films and the best films were obtained by 400 °C annealing. The obtained...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fan-Yong Ran, Zewen Xiao, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Keisuke Ide, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2016-01-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4940931
Description
Summary:Polycrystalline SnS thin films were fabricated by a H2S-free process combing pulsed laser deposition at room temperature and post-deposition thermal annealing in Ar. Thermal annealing improved the crystalline quality of the SnS films and the best films were obtained by 400 °C annealing. The obtained SnS films exhibited p-type conduction with the highest Hall mobility of 28 cm2/(V ⋅ s) and the carrier densities of 1.5 × 1015 – 1.8 × 1016 cm−3. The SnS TFT exhibited p-type operation with a field effect mobility and an on-off drain current ratio of 0.4 cm2/(V ⋅ s) and 20, respectively.
ISSN:2158-3226