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Transparent conductivity in polycrystal bismuth thin films grown on glass by molecular beam epitaxy

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Bismuth (Bi) films were prepared using the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) method and characterised using Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared spectrophotometer, physical property measurement system and contact angle measurements. The experiment results demonstrated that Bi films with excellent transport characteristics were obtained via thickness adjustment. The Bi film exhibited excellent strong anisotropy at ~ 29 nm thickness. Meanwhile, the magnetoresistance (MR) was 20%, and the semimetal-semiconductor transition temperature was 54 K. The Bi film had satisfactory luminous transmittance, achieving a balance between light transmittance and electrical properties. Furthermore, the Bi film exhibits excellent hydrophobicity. This work suggests that Bi film become an excellent candidate for transparent conductive film materials and contact electrodes.

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This work was supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021M700093) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (52103038).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Research and Application of Multiple Hard Films, College of Mechanical Engineering, Shenyang University, 110044, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China

    Nan Wang, Huixian Zhang & Jun Zhang

  2. School of Artificial Intelligence, Shenyang University of Technology, 110178, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China

    Tong Zhang

  3. School of Science, Shenyang Ligong University, 110159, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaoyun Liu

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NW: conceptualization, methodology, investigation, validation, data curation, writing - original draft, writing - review & editing, funding acquisition. TZ: formal analysis, writing - original draft, writing - review & editing. XL: conceptualization, resources, supervision, writing - review & editing. HZ: investigation. JZ: Investigation, validation.

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Wang, N., Zhang, T., Liu, X. et al. Transparent conductivity in polycrystal bismuth thin films grown on glass by molecular beam epitaxy. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 134 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-09592-w

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