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

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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)

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.

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  • Qiaoxia Zhang & Yanghua Zhao & Zhenhong Jia & Zhengfei Qin & Liang Chu & Jianping Yang & Jian Zhang & Wei Huang & Xing’ao Li, 2016. "High Stable, Transparent and Conductive ZnO/Ag/ZnO Nanofilm Electrodes on Rigid/Flexible Substrates," Energies, MDPI, vol. 9(6), pages 1-10, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:9:y:2016:i:6:p:443-:d:71634
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    1. Hongkyu Kang & Suhyun Jung & Soyeong Jeong & Geunjin Kim & Kwanghee Lee, 2015. "Polymer-metal hybrid transparent electrodes for flexible electronics," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-7, May.
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