Synchronously Deriving Electron Concentration and Mobility by Temperature- and Oxygen-Dependent Conductivity of Porous ZnO Nanocrystalline Film

Abstract

A simple and effective way to get electron concentration and mobility accurately is significant for the electronic and photoelectric applications of porous ZnO nanocrystalline film. On the basis of the defect ionization and the electron scattering, we proposed here a new temperature-programmed-dependent conductivity-based synchronous derivation method (TPDCBSD) to evaluate electron concentration and mobility of porous ZnO nanocrystalline film independently. The obtained results were consistent with others. Compared with the commonly used Hall-effect measurements, the TPDCBSD method is much more simple, has lower noise, and is convenient to couple external fields. More importantly, the extracted electron concentration and electron mobility are relatively independent. Besides, a series of physical parameters related to the effects of temperature and oxygen partial pressure were obtained, and the coupling effect of temperature and oxygen was discussed in this work, which are inspiring for the applications of porous ZnO nanocrystalline film