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Oil thermal annealed nano‐structured indium tin oxide thin films for display applications
Author(s) -
Qasim Mehdi,
AlDabbagh Jinan,
Mahmoud Ahmed Naser,
Chigrinov V.G.,
Hegde Gurumurthy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of the society for information display
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1938-3657
pISSN - 1071-0922
DOI - 10.1002/jsid.236
Subject(s) - materials science , indium tin oxide , thin film , transmittance , annealing (glass) , indium , sputtering , optoelectronics , nano , liquid crystal display , oxide , tin , nanotechnology , composite material , metallurgy
Indium tin oxide‐coated thin films (200 nm) are deposited on glass substrates by using R.f. sputtering technique. Here, we investigate the influence of new technique of treatment, which is called as “oil thermal annealing” on the nano‐structured indium tin oxide thin films at fixed temperature (150 °C) which improves adhesion strength, electrical conductivity and optical properties (transmittance) of the films. Oil thermal annealing is used to reduce inherent defects that may be introduced during the prepared thin film and cooling processes. Proposed technique is highly suitable for liquid crystal displays, solar cells and organic light emitting diodes, and many other display‐related applications.