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A series of Ba0.94La0.06SnO3 thin films are deposited on MgO(001) single crystal substrates by RF magnetron sputtering method, and their structure and electrical transport properties are systematically investigated. All films reveal degenerate semiconductor (metal) characteristics in electrical transport properties. In the high-temperature region (
$T > {T_{\min }}$ , where${T_{\min }}$ is the temperature at which the resistivity reaches a minimum value), the resistivity of each film increases with temperature, and exhibits a linear relationship with the square of the temperature. In the low-temperature region ($T < {T_{\min }}$ ), the resistivity increases with decreasing temperature and varies linearly with$ \ln T $ . This temperature dependent behavior of resistivity cannot be explained by the general electron-electron interaction or weak localization effects in homogeneous disordered conductors and nor by Kondo effect. After quantitative analysis, it is found that the$ \ln T $ behavior of resistivity at low temperatures can be explained by the electron-electron Coulomb interaction effect in the presence of granularity. In addition, it is found that the Hall coefficient$ {R_{\text{H}}} $ also varies linearly with$ \ln T $ for the Ba0.94La0.06SnO3 film, which also quantitatively accords with the theoretical prediction of the electron-electron Coulomb interaction effects in the granular metals. The results of cross-section high-resolution transmission electron microscope indicate that although the films have epitaxial structures as a whole, there are many strip-shaped amorphous regions in films, which makes the films have electrical transport properties similar to those of metal granular films. Our results provide strong support for the validity of the theory concerning the effects of Coulomb interaction on the conductivity and Hall coefficient in granular metals.-
Keywords:
- transparent conductive oxide /
- granular metals /
- electron-electron interaction effect /
- electrical transport properties
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图 2 (a) 退火时间为0, 1 和2 h 的BLSO薄膜的归一化电阻率
$\rho /\rho (300{\text{ K}})$ 与T (对数刻度) 的关系, 插图为$\rho /\rho (300{\text{ K}})$ 与${T^2}$ 的关系; (b) 归一化电导率$\sigma /\sigma (300{\text{ K}})$ 与${T^{1/2}}$ 的关系, 插图为$T = 2{\text{ K}}$ 时样品的磁电阻Figure 2. (a) Normalized resistivity
$\rho /\rho (300{\text{ K}})$ varies as a function of T (logarithmic scale) for BLSO films annealed for 0, 1, and 2 h, inset is$\rho /\rho (300{\text{ K}})$ vs.${T^2}$ for the films; (b) normalized conductivity$\sigma /\sigma (300{\text{ K}})$ versus${T^{1/2}}$ , and the inset is the magnetoresistance of the samples at$T = 2{\text{ K}}$ .图 4 薄膜的
$ {R_{\text{H}}} $ 与$ T $ (对数刻度) 的关系. 实心三角形是实验值, 实线是使用 (4) 式拟合得出的结果 (a) 退火0 h; (b) 退火1 h; (c) 退火2 hFigure 4. Temperature (logarithmic scale) dependence of
$ {R_{\text{H}}} $ for films. The solid triangles are experimental values, and the solid lines are least-squares fits to Eq. (4): (a) Annealed for 0 h; (b) annealed for 1 h; (c) annealed for 2 h.图 5 (a) 退火1 h和 (b) 退火2 h的 BLSO薄膜的表面SEM图像; (c) 退火2 h薄膜的断面HRTEM形貌图; (d) 图 (c) 中虚线矩形区域的放大图
Figure 5. SEM images for the surfaces of the BLSO films (a) annealed for 1 h and (b) annealed for 2 h; (c) cross-sectional HRTEM micrograph of the BLSO films annealed for 2 h; (d) the enlarged image of the dashed rectangular area in panel (c).
表 1 BLSO薄膜的相关参数, 其中tA是薄膜原位退火时间, t是薄膜的厚度,
$ {n^*} $ 是有效载流子浓度,$ {g_{\text{T}}} $ 是使用(3)式拟合电导率与温度关系得出的值,$ {c_{\text{d}}} $ 是使用(4)式拟合霍尔系数与温度关系得出的值Table 1. Relevant parameters for BLSO films, where tA is in-situ annealing time. t is the thickness of the films.
$ {n^*} $ is the mean value of carrier concentration,$ {g_{\text{T}}} $ is the value obtained by fitting the conductivity vs. temperature with Eq. (3),$ {c_{\text{d}}} $ is the value obtained by fitting the Hall coefficient vs. temperature with Eq. (4).Sample tA/h t/nm ρ(300 K)/(mΩ·m) ρ(2 K)/(mΩ·m) D/(cm2·s–1) $ {n^*} $/(1020 cm–3) $ {g_{\text{T}}} $ $ {c_{\text{d}}} $ No.1 0 800 0.3 0.33 0.09 1.20 1.53 0.81 No.2 1 800 0.19 0.21 0.142 1.35 1.89 0.31 No.3 2 500 0.084 0.079 0.037 1.44 6.15 0.75 -
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