Effects of air annealing on the structure, resistivity, infrared emissivity and transmission of indium tin oxide films

Kewei Sun, Wancheng Zhou, Xiufeng Tang, Zhibin Huang, Fa Luo, Dongmei Zhu

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Abstract

Indium tin oxide (ITO) films were deposited on glass substrates at room temperature by direct current magnetron sputtering. And then the films were annealed at different temperature ranging 100-400°C for 1h in air. Phase, microstructure, resistivity, infrared emissivity and transmission of the films were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, a scanning electron microscope, a four-point probe, an infrared emissivity measurement instrument and UV-vis-IR spectrophotometery, respectively. The results show that the crystalline phase of the ITO films transforms from amorphous state to polycrystalline cubic bixbyite In 2O 3 structure at 200°C; the resistivity first decreases with the increasing annealing temperature but then greatly increases; the variation of infrared emissivity with the annealing temperature is same with that of electrical resistivity, which is in consistent with the Hagen-Rubens relation. The film annealed at 200°C shows the lowest resistivity of 6.0×10 -4Ωcm, the lowest infrared emissivity and higher transparency. In addition, in order to study further the effect of annealing on the infrared emissivity, the mean infrared emissivity of the films as a function of temperature were discussed in detail in the process of heating and cooling between room temperature and 350°C.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4095-4098
Number of pages4
JournalSurface and Coatings Technology
Volume206
Issue number19-20
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 May 2012

Keywords

  • Air annealing
  • Direct current magnetron sputtering
  • Indium tin oxide films
  • Infrared emissivity
  • Transmission

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