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Effect of annealing conditions on the structural, electrical and optical properties of Li-doped NiO thin films

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Transparent conductive oxide (TCO) p-type Li-doped NiO thin films were deposited on the (0001) sapphire substrates by magnetron sputtering technique with a high purity NiO:Li2O ceramic target. We systematically investigated the structural, electrical and optical properties of NiO:Li thin films annealed in different conditions. We found that annealing in different conditions greatly affects the physical properties of NiO:Li thin films. Compared with the NiO:Li thin film annealed in oxygen, the hole concentration of NiO:Li thin film annealed in nitrogen at the same processing temperature is obviously lower. Annealed in oxygen at 500 °C, NiO:Li films show excellent crystal quality with single (111) orientation, high hole concentrations. When the annealing temperature increased, the transmittance of NiO:Li thin films become better for wavelength range from ultraviolet (UV) to visible with a significant absorption edge near 350 nm.

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This work was supported by the Natural Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, No. 2011CB302005) and Natural Science Foundation of China (61376046, 61223005).

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  1. State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012, People’s Republic of China

    Xianwei Chu, Wancheng Li, Shiwei Zhuang, Hang Yang, Guotong Du & Jingzhi Yin

  2. Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences, Jilin University, 71 Xinmin Street, Changchun, 130012, People’s Republic of China

    Jiyan Leng & Jia Liu

  3. Department of Physics and Laboratory of Material Physics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, People’s Republic of China

    Zhifeng Shi

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Chu, X., Leng, J., Liu, J. et al. Effect of annealing conditions on the structural, electrical and optical properties of Li-doped NiO thin films. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 27, 6408–6412 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-016-4578-2

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