Transparent p-type conducting CuScO2+x films

Abstract
Article appears in Applied Physics Letters (http://apl.aip.org/) and is copyrighted by American Institute of Physics (http://www.aip.org/).Transparent films of CuScO₂₊ₓ have been prepared which show p-type electrical conductivity. The\ud temperature dependence of the conductivity indicates semiconducting behavior with an apparent\ud room temperature activation energy of 0.11 eV. The highest room temperature conductivity\ud observed was 30 S cm⁻1. Films 110 nm thick show 40% transparency in most of the visible\ud spectrum and become much more transparent in the infrared spectrum. The p-type behavior was\ud confirmed by the Seebeck effect