High quality transparent TiO2/Ag/TiO2 composite electrode films deposited on flexible substrate at room temperature by sputtering

Aritra Dhar; Terry Alford

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High quality transparent TiO₂/Ag/TiO₂ composite electrode films deposited on flexible substrate at room temperature by sputtering

Aritra Dhar, Terry Alford

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Multilayer structures of TiO₂/Ag/TiO₂ have been deposited onto flexible substrates by room temperature sputtering to develop indium-free transparent composite electrodes. The effect of Ag thicknesses on optical and electrical properties and the mechanism of conduction have been discussed. The critical thickness (t_c) of Ag mid-layer to form a continuous conducting layer is 9.5 nm and the multilayer has been optimized to obtain a sheet resistance of 5.7 Ω/sq and an average optical transmittance of 90% at 590 nm. The Haacke figure of merit (FOM) for t_c has one of the highest FOMs with 61.4 × 10^-3 Ω^-1/sq.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	012102
Journal	APL Materials
Volume	1
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4808438
State	Published - Jul 2013

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High quality transparent TiO₂/Ag/TiO₂ composite electrode films deposited on flexible substrate at room temperature by sputtering

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