A comparison of the transport properties of populations of single-crystal,
In2O3
nanowires (NWs) grown by unassisted hot-wall chemical vapour deposition (CVD) versus
NWs grown by laser-ablation-assisted chemical vapour deposition (LA-CVD) is presented.
For nominally identical growth conditions across the two systems, NWs fabricated at
850 °C
with laser-ablation had significantly higher average mobilities at the 99.9% confidence level,
53.3 ± 5.8 cm2 V−1 s−1
versus 10.2 ± 1.9 cm2 V−1 s−1. It is also observed that increasing growth temperature decreases
mobility for LA-CVD NWs. Transmission electron microscopy studies
of CVD-fabricated samples indicate the presence of an amorphous
In2O3
region surrounding the single-crystal core. Further, low-temperature measurements verify
the presence of ionized impurity scattering in low-mobility CVD-grown NWs.