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Discover how polarized infrared light can probe anisotropy in conductive ZnO oxides.
Transparent conductive oxides (TCO) represent a group of optically transparent and electrically conductive functional materials. Thin films of TCO are widely used in a number of electronic devices including touchscreens, liquid-crystal displays, OLEDs, and photovoltaics.
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a typical TCO with a band gap of 3.43 eV, which enables its transparency in the IR spectral range. ZnO is characterized by the hexagonal wurtzite structure with a significant amount of anisotropy. ZnO belongs to materials with n-type conductivity.
The aim of this note is to demonstrate the possibilities of IR spectroscopy with polarized radiation in studying the vibrational and electrical transport properties of one of anisotropic TCO using the example of ZnO.
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