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Study on Wet chemical Etching Characterization of Zinc Oxide Film for Transparency Conductive Oxide Application

투명 전도성 산화물 전극으로의 응용을 위한 산화아연(ZnO) 코팅막의 습식 식각 특성연구

  • Published : 2008.01.30

Abstract

In order to apply for transparent conductive oxide(TCO), we deposited ZnO thin films on the glass at room temperature by RF magnetron sputtering method. Deposition conditions for high transmittance and low resistivity were optimized in our previous studies. Under the deposition condition with the RF power of 200 W, target to substrate distance of 30 mm and working pressure of 5 mTorr, highly conductive($7.4{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}cm$) and transparent(over 85%) ZnO films were prepared. Highly oriented ZnO film in the [002] direction were obtained with specifically designed ZnO targets. Systematic study on dependence of deposition parameters on electrical and optical properties of the as-grown ZnO films were mainly investigated in this work. And for application tests using these films as transparent conductive oxide anodes, wet chemical etching behaviors of ZnO films were also investigated using various chemicals. Wet-chemical etching behavior of ZnO films were investigated using various acid solutions. The concentrations of these different acid solutions were controlled to study the etching shapes and etching rate. ZnO films were anisotropically etched at various concentrations and wet etching led to crater-like surface structure. Also we firstly found that the etching rate and etching shapes of ZnO films strongly depended on the etchant concentrations (i.e. pH) and the etching rate is exponentially decreased with increasing pH values regardless of the acid etchants.

투명 전도성 산화물 전극(transparent conductive oxide electrodes)에 적용하기 위하여 RF 마그네트론 스퍼터링 방법에 의해 유리 기판 위에 산화아연 박막을 증착하였다. 투명 전극으로써 응용되기 위한 최적의 조건으로 기판온도를 상온으로 유지하고 RF power 200 W, 타겟과 기판사이의 거리(Dts)가 30 mm일 때 증착된 산화아연 박막으로부터 가장 낮은 비 저항값($7.4{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}cm$)을 얻어 낼 수 있었으며, 85% 이상의 높은 투과율을 만족하는 박막을 얻을 수 있었다. 실질적인 소자로써의 응용을 위해 photo lithography를 통한 pattern을 형성, 습식 식각을 통하여 그 특성을 알아보고자 하였다. 습식 식각에서 사용된 식각용액(etchant)으로는 다양한 산 용액(황산, 옥살산, 인산)을 사용하였으며, 산의 농도 변화에 따른 식각특성과 식각시간 및 식각 이미지(표면형상)의 변화를 알아보았다. 결과적으로 산화아연의 습식식각은 산의 종류와 무관하게 산 용액의 농도(즉, pH)에 크게 의존하며, pH가 증가함에 따라 식각율이 지수함수적으로 감소하고 아울러 다양한 식각 이미지가 나타남을 최초로 고찰할 수 있었다.

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