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Electrochemical and photoelectrochemical deposition of thallium(III) oxide thin films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Richard J. Phillips ,
Michael J. Shane  and
Jay A. Switzer
Richard J. Phillips
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 848 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
Michael J. Shane
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 848 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
Jay A. Switzer
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 848 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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Abstract

Thallium (III) oxide is a degenerate n-type semiconductor with high optical transparency and electrical conductivity. Films of thallium(III) oxide can be electrochemically deposited onto conducting and p-type semiconducting substrates, and photoelectrochemically deposited onto n-type semiconducting substrates. Films deposited at currents below the mass transport limit onto platinum or stainless steel were columnar, and the current efficiency on stainless steel was 103 ±2%. Dendritic films were deposited at mass-transport-limited currents. Films were deposited with thicknesses ranging from 0.1 μm on n-silicon, to 170 μm on stainless steel. The photoelectrochemically deposited films were “direct-written” onto n-silicon, since the material was deposited only at irradiated portions of the electrode. Thin films were grown by irradiating the n-silicon with 450 nm monochromatic light, since the light was strongly absorbed by the thallium(III) oxide. The most uniform thin films were deposited when the n-silicon was initially irradiated with a short pulse of high intensity light. The pulse apparently promoted instantaneous nucleation of a high density of thallium(III) oxide nuclei.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , August 1989 , pp. 923 - 929
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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