Magnetotransport properties of p-type carbon-doped ZnO thin films

Carbon-doped ZnO (ZnO:C) thin films exhibiting Curie temperature above room temperature were fabricated using ion beam technique. The magnetic moment of the ZnO:C films was found to be around 1.35 μB per carbon atom. The ZnO:C films showed p-type conduction with a hole concentration of ∼5×1017 cm−3. In addition, the anomalous Hall effect and negative magnetoresistance can be detected in the ZnO:C films. The magnetotransport properties of the ZnO:C suggested that the films possessed charge carrier spin polarization.