Electrical, electronic and optical properties of amorphous indium zinc tin oxide thin films

Abstract The electrical and optical properties of amorphous indium zinc tin oxide (a-IZTO) thin films were examined as a function of chemical composition. Effects of Sn/Zn composition ratio and In content on the electrical and optical properties of a-IZTO thin films are discussed. The electron mobility of thin film transistors with higher Sn/Zn composition ratio was dramatically improved due to a shorter zinc–zinc separation distance. The thin film transistor with the composition of In:Zn:Sn = 20:48:32 exhibits a high mobility of 30.6 cm 2  V −1  s −1 and a high on–off current ratio of 10 9 .