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Drastic Resistivity Reduction of CVD-TiO2 Layers by Post-Wet-Treatment in HCl Solution

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Poly-crystalline anatase TiO2 layer fabricated by LPCVD using titanium-tetra-iso-propoxide and NbF5 in H2-ambient was treated in conc.-HCl solution after thin layer of IIIb-group metal was deposited on the TiO2 layer. Resistivity of the as-deposited layer about 1 × 10-1 Ω·cm was drastically reduced to 3 × 10-3 Ω·cm by the wet-treatment using indium. Temperature dependence of the resistivity increased with temperature above 100 K for the wet-treated layer was quite different from that decreased above 100 K for the as-deposited layer, whereas the resistivity was saturated at lower temperatures. The resistivity at room-temperature was decreased with the thickness before the wet-treatment but independent on the thickness above 100 nm for the wet-treated layer. Indium was more effective for the resistivity reduction than gallium but aluminum was not useful for the treatment. As the results that the wet-treatment using indium was examined for the TiO2 layers deposited by various conditions, the optimum deposition condition to reduce the resistivity of the layer after the wet-treatment was clearly different from that for the as-deposited layer.
 
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Yamauchi, S. , Ishibashi, K. and Hatakeyama, S. (2015) Drastic Resistivity Reduction of CVD-TiO2 Layers by Post-Wet-Treatment in HCl Solution. Journal of Crystallization Process and Technology, 5, 24-30. doi: 10.4236/jcpt.2015.51004.
 
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