High Stable, Transparent and Conductive ZnO/Ag/ZnO Nanofilm Electrodes on Rigid/Flexible Substrates

Qiaoxia Zhang, Yanghua Zhao, Zhenhong Jia, Zhengfei Qin, Liang Chu, Jianping Yang, Jian Zhang, Wei Huang and Xing’ao Li
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Qiaoxia Zhang: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
Yanghua Zhao: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
Zhenhong Jia: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
Zhengfei Qin: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
Liang Chu: School of Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
Jianping Yang: School of Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
Jian Zhang: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
Wei Huang: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
Xing’ao Li: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China

Energies, 2016, vol. 9, issue 6, 1-10

Abstract: Here, highly transparent, conductive, and stable ZnO/Ag/ZnO electrodes on transparent rigid glass and flexible substrates were prepared by facile, room-temperature magnetron sputtering, in which the continuous Ag layers were obtained by means of oxidization-induced effect under an Ar atmosphere with tiny amounts of O 2 . The results showed an appropriate amount of O 2 was beneficial to form continuous Ag films because of the adsorption of oxygen between the ZnO and Ag layers. When the concentration of O 2 in the Ar atmosphere was 2.0%–3.0%, ZnO (40 nm)/Ag (10 nm)/ZnO (40 nm) films on rigid glass showed visible-range transmittance of 94.8% and sheet resistance of 8.58 Ω·sq −1 , while the corresponding data on flexible PET substrates were 95.9% and 8.11 Ω·sq −1 , respectively. In addition, the outstanding electrodes remained stable for more than six months under air conditioned conditions. The electrodes are fully functional as universal rigid/flexible electrodes for high-performance electronic applications.

Keywords: ZnO/Ag/ZnO; oxidization-induced effect; flexible; transparent electrode (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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