Abstract
We investigated the effect of ZnO layer thickness on the optical and electrical properties of ZnO/Ag/ZnO multilayer films deposited on glass substrates. The transmission window became wider and shifted toward the lower energy side with increasing ZnO thickness. The ZnO/Ag/ZnO (40 nm/18.8 nm/40 nm) multilayer sample showed transmittance of ~96% at 550nm. As the ZnO thickness was increased from 8 nm to 80 nm, the carrier concentration gradually decreased from 1.74 × 10<sup>22</sup> cm<sup>−3</sup> to 4.33 × 10<sup>21</sup> cm<sup>−3</sup>, while the charge mobility varied from 23.8 cm<sup>2</sup>/V-s to 24.8 cm<sup>2</sup>/V-s. With increasing ZnO thickness, the samples exhibited similar sheet resistances of 3.6 Ω/sq to 3.9 Ω/sq, but the resistivity increased by a factor of 4.58. The samples showed smooth surfaces with root-mean-square roughness in the range of 0.47 nm to 0.94 nm. Haacke’s figure of merit (FOM) was calculated for all the samples; the ZnO (40 nm)/Ag (18.8 nm)/ZnO (40 nm) multilayer produced the highest FOM of 148.9 × 10<sup>−3</sup> Ω<sup>−1</sup>.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3967-3972 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Electronic Materials |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 May 27 |
Keywords
- Ag
- multilayer
- transparent conducting electrode
- ZnO
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Materials Chemistry