Electrical and optical properties of ito thin films prepared. One is using reactive sputtering of relatively cheap metallic indium tin alloy targets. Atomic layer deposition of indium tin oxide thin films using. In this work layered copper films with smooth surface were successfully fabricated onto ito substrate by electrochemical deposition ecd and the. Handbook of sputter deposition technology 2nd edition. Pdf deposition and characterization of ito thin film over glass for. Handbook of sputter deposition technology 2nd edition fundamentals and applications for functional thin films, nanomaterials and mems. Indium tin oxide ito is an optoelectronic material that is applied widely in both research and industry. Transportation technology transportation technology provides a way for people, animals, products, and materials to be moved from one place to the next. By changing independently the thickness, the deposition temperature and the oxygen pressure, a variety of microstructures were deposited. Ultrathin metal films as the transparent electrode in ito.
Rapid thermal annealing for highquality ito thin films. New rolltoroll sputtering system for wide film and application. The latter technology implemented as dc magnetron sputtering prevails today in the industry. Atomic layer deposition of indium tin oxide thin films.
Wet coating deposition of ito coatings on plastic substrates article pdf available in journal of solgel science and technology 261 january 2003 with 469 reads how we measure reads. The ito thin films deposition under different oxygen flow rates exhibits different properties. Asim jilani, mohamed shaaban abdelwahab and ahmed hosny hammad march 8th 2017. Pdf high quality ito thin films grown by dc and rf sputtering. Influence of the film thickness on the structure, optical and. The challenge for this development is to upgrade such ito technology for large area coating in production. Thin film growth through sputtering technique and its. The water vapors, on one side, contribute to the deposition process stabilization, on the other hand, affect coating properties. Ito deposition is done using pulsed dc sputtering technique inside a. Wet coating deposition of ito coatings on plastic substrates. Crystallized indiumtin oxide ito thin films grown at low temperature onto flexible polymer substrates.
In general, the desired properties are high conductance and transmission. Deposition technology innovations roll to roll web sputter. Reactive sputter deposition of wo3agwo3 film for indium tin. But the more advanced forms of technology are beginning to make some progress, possibly inching closer from the. Refractiveindexmatched indiumtin oxide electrodes for liquid crystal displays xing yan, frank w. The formation of nodules on the target surface during the sputtering process over time is associated with the fact that indiumoxide exists in three allotropic phases.
Influence of deposition parameters on the quality of ito. Effect of oxygen flow rate on the optical, electrical, and. There are several different methods for deposition ito thin films such as dc and rf magnetron sputtering 6, 9, electron beam evaporation 8, pulsed laser deposition 7. Refractiveindexmatched indiumtin oxide ito electrode for thinfilm transistor liquid crystal displays is presented to reduce optical losses caused by fresnel reflections. Influence of ito deposition technology on the performance. Open buy once, receive and download all available ebook formats, including pdf, epub, and mobi for kindle. Electrochemical deposition of layered copper thin films. Ito main feature is the combination of two main factors which are conductivity and transparency. Ito coating by reactive magnetron sputteringcomparison of. Advanced tco sputtering for display technology playing a critical role in the flat panel industry, the transparent conductive oxide tco layer is a key enabling technology in both display and touch screen applications. Indium tin oxide or tindoped indium oxide is particularly important to the worlds dominant smart phone and tablet manufacturers because of its unique material properties perfect for touch screen applications.
Influence of the film thickness on the structure, optical. Ito was deposited on pet film substrate melinex 453, 100 microns and dried in the mode of 16085 c. Influence of ito deposition technology on the performance of sis. Deposition technology innovations roll to roll web. Development of equipment and technology in the deposition. Recent developments in the deposition of ito and ar coatings. Mar 01, 2017 a strong decrease of cos is observed for increasing film thicknesses up to 400 nm. Influence of ito deposition technology on the performance of sis itosio 2si solar cells. Request pdf thin film of indium tin oxide and its deposition technology deposition indium tin oxide ito is tin doped indium oxide which can be used to produce transparent conductive film. With the industry currently experiencing significant growth driven by increasing demand and intense downward price pressure, the. We find that, by introducing an ultrathin tungsten w sacrificial layer before the deposition of external wo3, the oxidation of silver, which leads to film insulation and apparent optical haze, can be effectively avoided. White paper advanced tco sputtering for display technology.
High quality ito thin films grown by dc and rf sputtering. Optimization of deposition conditions to improve the electrooptical properties of rf sputtered ito thin lms by. However, due to the complexity of ito, the film properties strongly depend on the deposition processes. Pdf wet coating deposition of ito coatings on plastic. To show this we used a water vapor admission device on the basis of mfc. Influence of ito deposition technology on the performance of. Development of equipment and technology in the deposition of. Ozyuzer1,2,3 1 department of physics, izmir institute of technology, tr35430, urla, izmir, turkey 2 teknoma technological materials ltd.
Capabilities include running concurrent reactive and nonreactive sputtering up to 78 inches wide of metals, dielectric and ceramic materials. It has been reported that the thickness of ito thin film directly affect on both these factors 11,12. Pdf high quality indium tin oxide ito thin films were grown without oxygen by both dc and rf magnetron sputtering techniques on glass substrates find. Jun 25, 2018 for years, the industry has been working on an advanced technology called areaselective deposition for chip production at 5nm and beyond. Pdf indium thin oxide ito films have been used in solar cell. This implies that the failure of the ito 1 coatings is rather dominated by microstructural changes and deposition induced stress than by the presence of defects. As a transparent conductive material, indium tin oxide ito has been utilized as electrodes in liquid crystal displays, solar cells, heat reflecting films and gas sensors. Among various sputtering techniques ito films can be obtained by rfmagnetron sputtering resulting in thin films with good homogeneity and thickness uniformity. Indium tin oxide ito deposition, patterning and schottky. Indium tin oxide, ito, is the industry standard for transparent conductive coatings. Here, we show that waw film with improved ec durability can be prepared by reactive sputtering using metal targets. Introduction during the last decade the dc and rf sputteri ng techniques have been used extensively in their two configurations balanced and unbalanced magnetron. Azhari 1 1school of physics, university sains malaysia, penang 11800, malaysia 2department of physics, college of science, sudan university of science and. Flight airplane, rocket, space shuttle land train, subway, automobile, bicycle water commercial, cruise ships nonvehicle conveyor belts, pipelines.
For years, the industry has been working on an advanced technology called areaselective deposition for chip production at 5nm and beyond. During the deposition, the substrate temperature was maintained with the pressure. To examine the plasma damage of graphene during ito sputtering, raman spectra were obtained for. Wet chemical deposition of transparent conducting coatings made of. Investigation of the influence of growth parameters on. There are two different techniques for sputtering of ito films. Deposition technology innovations dti is a contract vacuum coater of industrial, barrier, window and reflective films. As such, the common metrics for characterizing ito performance are its transmission and conductivity. The aim of ito process technology development is to obtain stable film properties for large area coating with exceptionally low resistivity and high transmittance within the visible spectrum range. Optoelectronic investigation of wet coating deposition of. Optimization of deposition conditions to improve the. Nanoscale research letters atomiclayerdeposition of indium oxide nanofilms for thinfilm transistors qian ma 0 hemei zheng 0 yan shao 0 bao zhu 0 wenjun liu 0 shijin ding 0 david wei zhang 0 0 state key laboratory of asic and system, shanghai institute of intelligent electronics and systems, school of microelectronics, fudan university, shanghai 200433, china atomiclayer. Ozyuzer1,2,3 1 department of physics, izmir institute of technology, tr35430, urla, izmir, turkey 2 teknoma technological.
Refractiveindexmatched indiumtinoxide electrodes for. The use of carbon dioxide instead of oxygen allows to expand the possibilities of web coating process monitoring. The indium oxide in2o3 was deposited using alternating exposures to cyclopentadienyl indium incp and ozone, and the tin oxide sno2 used alternating exposures to tetrakis. We used an optical spectrometer to measure the optical. For ito 1 films with larger thickness, the cos was observed to be nearly constant. Korea research institute of chemical technology, daejeon, 463. Jul 12, 20 great explanation of basic touch screen technology. Pdf indium tin oxide ito deposition, patterning and.
We determined the appropriate conditions for the deposition of simple. When the thickness of ito layer increased, the conductivity of the sheet increased as well, but its transparency decreases, so a compromise has. Atomiclayerdeposition of indium oxide nanofilms for. Quartz substrates commercially available from neyco with a size of 20. Handbook of thinfilm deposition processes and techniques principles, methods, equipment and applications second edition edited by krishna seshan intel corporation santa clara, california noyes publications william andrew publishing norwich, new york, u. Rochester institute of technology rit scholar works theses thesisdissertation collections 2006 indium tin oxide ito deposition, patterning and. Flexible indiumtin oxide crystal on plastic substrates. Ito films are reactively sputtered with single magnetron sputter sources of different sizes. This article describes a new atomic layer deposition ald method for preparing indium tin oxide ito thin films using nonhalogenated precursors. The oxygen flow rate was varied from 10 to 50 sccm. Graphene is known to incur damages as a result of plasma exposure during thinfilm deposition 30, 31. Ito can be used for many applications, such as flatpanel displays, smart windows, polymerbased electronics, thin film photovoltaics, glass doors of supermarket freezers, and architectural windows. Influence of deposition parameters on the quality of ito films for photovoltaic application chanwit chityuttakan, panita chinvetkitvanich, sojiphong chatraphorn, somphong chatraphorn semiconductor physics research laboratory sprl, department of physics, faculty of science. Advance deposition techniques for thin film and coating, modern technologies for creating the thinfilm systems and coatings, nikolay n.
Simulations show a 24% improvement in optical transmittance when the conventional dense ito is. The aim of ito process technology development is to obtain stable. Azhari 1 1school of physics, university sains malaysia, penang 11800, malaysia 2department of physics, college of science, sudan university of science and technology. However, thinfilm growth by sputter deposition, which required the development of vacuum pumps and electrical power in the 1600s and the 1700s, is a much more recent phenomenon. The technology of water vapors and carbon dioxide usage in the deposition process is developed. Therefore, a comparison of processing with oxide or metallic targets for both dc and mf mode was performed. Intelligent deposition of high grade ito film for touch. Ito or tindoped indiumoxide coatings have excellent electrical conductivity and optical transparency and are therefore used as transparent electrodes in most display products. Indium tin oxide ito films with thicknesses ranging from 230 to 370 nm were deposited by radiofrequency magnetron sputtering rfms. This study presents the effect of oxygen flow rate on the optical, electrical, and mechanical properties of indium tin oxide ito thin films prepared by the dc magnetron sputtering technique. Low temperature growth of ito transparent conductive.
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