Dependence of intermediated noble metals on the optical and electrical properties of ITO/metal/ITO multilayers |
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Authors: | JY Lee |
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Institution: | School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ulsan, San 29, Mugeo Dong, Nam Gu, Ulsan 680-749, Republic of Korea |
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Abstract: | Sn doped In2O3 (ITO) single layer and a sandwich structure of ITO/metal/ITO (IMI) multilayer films were deposited on a polycarbonate substrate using radio-frequency and direct-current magnetron sputtering process without substrate heating. The intermediated metal films in the IMI structure were Au and Cu films and the thickness of each layer in the IMI films was kept constant at 50 nm/10 nm/40 nm. In this study, the ITO/Au/ITO films show the lowest resistivity of 5.6 × 10−5 Ω cm.However the films show the lower optical transmission of 71% at 550 nm than that (81%) of as deposited ITO films. The ITO/Cu/ITO films show an optical transmittance of 54% and electrical resistivity of 1.5 × 10−4 Ω cm. Only the ITO/Au/ITO films showed the diffraction peaks in the XRD pattern. The figure of merit indicated that the ITO/Au/ITO films performed better in a transparent conducting electrode than in ITO single layer films and ITO/Cu/ITO films. |
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Keywords: | Optical properties Thin films Magnetron sputtering X-ray diffraction |
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