SYNTHESIS AND STUDY OF OXYCHALCOGENIDES AS P-TYPE TRANSPARENT SEMICONDUCTING OXIDE

Abstract

This thesis is a comprehensive study of oxychalcogenides as promising p-type transparent semiconductors. Development of high performance p-type transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) has been the greatest challenge to the achievement of advanced future optoelectronics including transparent electronics for a long time. To tackle the problem of the absence of highly performing p-type TCOs, this thesis has focused on novel methods in the growth of various forms of highly conductive p-type transparent oxychalcogenides through different synthesis approaches. As a result of increasing the electrical conductivity of the oxychalcogenides via different mechanisms, our work has demonstrated the promising aspect of oxychalcogenides.