27 August 2019 Microwave plasma and rapid thermal processing of indium-tin oxide thin films for enhancing their performance as transparent electrodes
Rehab Ramadan, Kamal Abdel-Hady, Miguel Manso-Silván, Vicente Torres-Costa, Raúl J. J. Martín-Palma
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Abstract

Indium-tin oxide (ITO) is widely used as a transparent electrode for optoelectronic devices given its large transparency and high conductivity. However, the particular properties of this material greatly depend on the overall fabrication process. We report on the effect of four different postfabrication processes on ITO thin films grown by electron beam evaporation. More specifically, the effect on the overall properties of the evaporated ITO thin films of microwave plasma annealing, rapid thermal processing, and the two processes combined were analyzed. In particular, the morphological, chemical, optical, and electrical properties of the annealed ITO thin films were studied. The experimental results show that the ITO thin films can be turned from opaque to transparent, and their conductivity can be improved by one order of magnitude depending on the particular postfabrication process.

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Rehab Ramadan, Kamal Abdel-Hady, Miguel Manso-Silván, Vicente Torres-Costa, and Raúl J. J. Martín-Palma "Microwave plasma and rapid thermal processing of indium-tin oxide thin films for enhancing their performance as transparent electrodes," Journal of Photonics for Energy 9(3), 034001 (27 August 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.9.034001
Received: 3 June 2019; Accepted: 8 August 2019; Published: 27 August 2019
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KEYWORDS
Thin films

Microwave radiation

Annealing

Oxides

Plasma

Crystals

Transparency

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