Study of Optical and Electrical Properties of Ag/ITO Multi-Layer Transparent Electrodes

Abstract:

The samples of Ag/ITO multilayer films with different Ag insert layer thickness (0.5, 2, 4 nm) were prepared on sapphire and p-GaN substrates. The effects of the Ag layer thickness, annealing temperature and annealing time on the transmittance, sheet resistance and specific contact resistance of Ag/ITO films were investigated. The experiment results show that the transmittance is obviously affected by Ag insert layer thickness. The Current–voltage (I–V) measurements indicate that the sheet resistance and specific contact resistance of Ag/ITO film on p-GaN are lower than those of single ITO film. The samples with Ag(0.5nm)/ITO film on p-GaN produce the low specific contact resistance of ~1.386×10-4Ω•cm2 , low sheet resistance of ~11Ω/sq and high transmittance of ~ 90% at 455nm when the samples are annealed at 600°C for 10 minutes.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 552)
• Pages: 162-167
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.552.162
• Online since: May 2013
• Authors: Min Rui Wang, Bin Yu, Yu Xia Wang
• Keywords: Ag/ITO Films, Contact Resistivity, P-GaN, Sheet Resistance, Transmittance

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