Origins of conductivity improvement in fluoride-enhanced silicon doping of ZnO films?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2015-04-09 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC01458A

Abstract

Fluoride in spray pyrolysis precursor solutions for silicon-doped zinc oxide (SiZO) transparent conductor thin films significantly improves their electrical conductivity by enhancing silicon doping efficiency and not, as previously assumed, by fluoride doping. Containing only earth-abundant elements, SiZO thus prepared rivals the best solution-processed indium-doped ZnO in performance.

Graphical abstract: Origins of conductivity improvement in fluoride-enhanced silicon doping of ZnO films
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