Carrier transport in transparent oxide semiconductor with intrinsic structural randomness probed using single-crystalline InGaO3(ZnO)5 films

We have investigated carrier transport in a crystalline oxide semiconductor InGaO3(ZnO)5 using single-crystalline thin films. When carrier concentration is less than 2×1018cm−3, logarithm of electrical conductivity decreases in proportion to T−1∕4 and room-temperature Hall mobility was as low as ∼1cm2(Vs)−1. When carrier concentration was increased to 4×1018cm−3, the conduction mechanism changed to degenerate conduction and room-temperature Hall mobility was steeply increased to >10cm2(Vs)−1, showing metal–insulator transition behavior. These results are explained by percolation conduction over distribution of potential barriers formed around conduction band edge. The potential distribution is a consequence of potential modulation originating from random distribution of Ga3+ and Zn2+ ions in the crystal structure of InGaO3(ZnO)5.

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