Experimental evidence of wide bandgap in triclinic (001)-oriented Sn5O2(PO4)2thin films on Y2O3buffered glass substrates

  • Michitaka Fukumoto
  • , Chang Yang
  • , Wenlei Yu
  • , Christian Patzig
  • , Thomas Höche
  • , Thomas Ruf
  • , Reinhard Denecke
  • , Michael Lorenz
  • , Marius Grundmann

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Abstract

Sn5O2(PO4)2 is a promising p-type transparent semiconducting oxide. Phase-pure triclinic Sn5O2(PO4)2 thin films were grown by pulsed laser deposition using a Sn2(P2O7) target with higher phosphorus content. The (001)-oriented growth of triclinic Sn5O2(PO4)2 on glass was achieved by means of a (111)-textured Y2O3 buffer layer. STEM-EDX and XPS revealed that the composition of the obtained film is near-stoichiometric, thus indicating a suitable semiconducting material. The bandgap of the triclinic Sn5O2(PO4)2 film was estimated to be as large as 3.87 eV, which is the first experimental evidence verifying a recent theoretical prediction by Q. Xu et al., Chem. Mater., 2017, 29, 2459 quite closely.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)14203-14207
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry C
Volume8
Issue number40
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Oct 2020

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