Properties of Indium Tin Oxide Films Prepared by RF Magnetron Sputtering at Different Substrate Temperatures

Abstract:

Indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films were deposited by RF magnetron sputtering on glass substrates employing a sintered ceramic target. The influence of substrate temperature on the structural, compositional, optical and electrical properties of the thin films were investigated by X-ray diffractometer (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), spectrophotometer and four-point probes. All the ITO thin films show a polycrystalline indium oxide structure and have a preferred orientation along the (222) direction. The substrate temperature significantly affects the crystal structure and optoelectrical properties of the thin films. With the increment of substrate temperature, the electrical resistivity of the deposited films decreases, the crystallite dimension, optical bandgap and average transmittance in the visible region increase. The ITO thin film deposited at substrate temperature of 200 °C possesses the best synthetic optoelectrical properties, with the highest transmittance, the lowest resistivity and the highest figure of merit.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 502)
• Pages: 77-81
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.502.77
• Online since: April 2012
• Authors: Z.Y. Zhong, J.H. Gu, X. He, C.Y. Yang, J. Hou
• Keywords: Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), Optoelectrical Properties, Substrate Temperature, Thin Film

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