Germanium antimony tellurium (GeSbTe) thin film has been deposited by the RF magnetron sputtering using initial material target atomic ratio of 1:1:1.
GeSbTe thin film deposited by the RF magnetron sputtering, annealed at 473 K up to 623 K shows highest mobility and power factor, and lowest resistivity for 523 K.
The as-deposited thin film shows amorphous phase and changed to cubic structure (c–GeSbTe) after annealing treatments.
The c–GeSbTe thin film annealed at 523 K shows highest mobility, lowest electrical resistivity, and highest power factor.