Improving the Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of ITO Nano-Layered Thin Films by Gas Flow Argon

QZ Mehdi, G Hegde, MA Bin Juusoh… - Advanced Materials …, 2014 - Trans Tech Publ
QZ Mehdi, G Hegde, MA Bin Juusoh, JB Al-Dabbagh, NM Ahmed
Advanced Materials Research, 2014Trans Tech Publ
Indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films of 150 nm thickness were deposited on quartz glass
substrates by RF sputtering technique, followed by thermal annealing treatment. In this
technique, the samples have been annealed at different temperature, 300OC, 400OC,
500OC respectively in Argon gas flow. Structural and surface morphological properties were
analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) after annealing.
The XRD showed a polycrystalline structure of ITO film with maximum peak intensity at 2θ …
Indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films of 150 nm thickness were deposited on quartz glass substrates by RF sputtering technique, followed by thermal annealing treatment. In this technique, the samples have been annealed at different temperature, 300OC, 400OC, 500OC respectively in Argon gas flow. Structural and surface morphological properties were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) after annealing. The XRD showed a polycrystalline structure of ITO film with maximum peak intensity at 2θ= 30.54, <222> orientation without any change in the cubic structure. Continuous and homogeneous films obtained by the AFM after annealing treatment. The visible spectrum from the spectrophotometer showed high transparency between 81% and 95% in the. Increasing the annealing temperature yields evenly distributed pyramidal peaks shaped particles with low roughness. Resistance of ITO thin film was significantly improved from 8.75 kΩ to 1.96 kΩ after 10 minute from 300OC to 500OC annealing temperatures respectively under Argon gas flow. ITO films physical properties would be well improved by this method which is highly suitable for cost effective photonic devices.
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