Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 52, Issue 10, 1052413(2023)

Preparation and Photoelectric Properties of Bi2Te3 Infrared Transparent Conductive Films(Invited)

Yihao WU1,2, Xuehua XIAO1,2, Ran BI1,2, Yadan LI1,2, Chuantao ZHENG1,2、*, and Yiding WANG1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics,College of Electronic Science and Engineering,Jilin University,Changchun 130012,China
  • 2Jilin Provincial Engineering Research Center of Infrared Gas Sensing Technique,Changchun 130012,China
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    Infrared transparent conductive thin film is a special material that can both transmit light and conduct electricity. It is widely used in solar cells, radiative cooling, infrared detector anti-interference coating, transparent electrode, sensing technology, photoelectric devices and other fields. Bismuth telluride is a semiconductor material with a molecular formula of Bi2Te3, which has good conductivity and a band gap width of 0.145 eV at room temperature. Based on the excellent optoelectronic properties of Bi2Te3 materials and their significant research value in the field of broadband photodetectors, Bi2Te3 is one of the ideal candidate materials in the field of infrared transparent conductive films.The preparation methods of Bi2Te3 films usually include pulsed laser deposition, magnetron sputtering, physical vapor transport, vacuum evaporation, molecular-beam epitaxy, electron beam deposition, etc. In this paper, Bi2Te3 thin films are deposited on fused silicas substrates and zinc selenide substrate by magnetron sputtering. The structure, composition and morphology of the prepared Bi2Te3 thin films are analyzed by diffractometer, X-ray photoelectron spectrometer and cold field emission scanning electron microscope. The optical transmittance, conductivity, carrier mobility and other optoelectronic properties of the films are studied. The test results show that annealing is conducive to the crystallization of the films, and does not change the preferred orientation of the crystals. The crystallinity is excellent when the annealing temperature is 350 ℃, and the crystallinity will become better with the increase of the film thickness. The Fourier transform infrared spectrum test results show that the optical transmittance of Bi2Te3 films deposited on fused silicas and zinc selenide substrates decreases with the increase of film thickness and annealing temperature. The optical transmittance of the films deposited on zinc selenide substrates is longer than that of fused silicas, and the optical transmittance is more stable. The hall effect test results indicate that with the increase of film thickness and annealing temperature, the resistivity of Bi2Te3 film gradually decreases, and the minimum resistivity of the prepared Bi2Te3 film is 1.448×10-3 Ω·cm, with a mobility of 27.400 cm2·V-1·s-1 and a carrier concentration of 1.573×1020 cm-3. The Bi2Te3 thin film deposited on fused silicas substrate has a maximum transmittance of 80% in the 1~5 μm infrared band, with a thickness of 15 nm. After annealing at 200 ℃, the transmittance can reach 60% and the resistivity is 5.663×10-3 Ω·cm. The maximum transmittance of Bi2Te3 thin film with thickness of 15 nm deposited on zinc selenide substrate in 2.5~20 μm infrared band reaches 65%, and after annealing at 200 ℃, the transmittance can reach 60%. At this time, the resistivity of the film is 9.919×10-3 Ω·cm, with good photoelectric performance.Taking into account the photoelectric performance of the prepared thin film, when the thickness of the Bi2Te3 thin film is 15 nm and the annealing temperature is 200 ℃, the film has the excellent photoelectric comprehensive performance. Bi2Te3 thin films deposited on fused silicas and zinc selenide substrates have good photoelectric properties, which have potential applications in infrared detectors and anti-interference.

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    Yihao WU, Xuehua XIAO, Ran BI, Yadan LI, Chuantao ZHENG, Yiding WANG. Preparation and Photoelectric Properties of Bi2Te3 Infrared Transparent Conductive Films(Invited)[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2023, 52(10): 1052413

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    Received: Jul. 25, 2023

    Accepted: Oct. 10, 2023

    Published Online: Dec. 5, 2023

    The Author Email: ZHENG Chuantao (zhengchuantao@jlu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20235210.1052413

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