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Characteristics of Indium Tin Oxide Films Grown on PET Substrate Grown by Using Roll-to-Roll (R2R) Sputtering System (롤투롤 스퍼터 시스템을 이용하여 PET 기판위에 성막 시킨 ITO 박막의 특성 연구)

  • Cho, Sung-Woo;Choi, Kwang-Hyuk;Bae, Jung-Hyeok;Moon, Jong-Min;Jeong, Jin-A;Jeong, Soon-Wook;Park, No-Jin;Kim, Han-Ki
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.32-37
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    • 2008
  • The electrical, optical, structural and surface properties of an indium tin oxide (ITO) film grown on a flexible PET substrate using a specially designed roll-to-roll (R2R) sputtering system as a function of the DC power, $Ar/O_2$ flow ratio, and rolling speed is reported. It was observed that both the electrical and optical properties of the ITO film on the PET substrate were critically dependent on the $Ar/O_2$ flow ratio. In addition, x-ray diffraction examination results showed that the structure of the ITO film on the PET substrate was an amorphous structure regardless of the DC power and the $Ar/O_2$ flow ratio due to a low substrate temperature, which was maintained constant by a main cooling drum. Under optimized conditions, ITO film with resistivity of $6.44{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}-cm$ and transparency of 86% were obtained, even when prepared at room temperature. Furthermore, bending test results exhibited that R2R-grown ITO film had good flexibility which would be applicable to flexible displays and solar cells.

Characteristics of amorphous indium tin oxide films on PET substrate grown by Roll-to-Roll sputtering system (저온 Roll-to-Roll 스퍼터 시스템을 이용하여 PET 기판위에 성막 시킨 ITO 박막의 전기적, 광학적, 구조적 특성)

  • Cho, Sung-Woo;Bae, Jung-Hyeok;Choi, Kwang-Hyuk;Moon, Jong-Min;Jeong, Jin-A;Jeong, Soon-Wook;Kim, Han-Ki
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.380-381
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    • 2007
  • This paper reports on the deposition conditions and properties of ITO films used as electrode layer in a organic light emitting diodes on a PET substrate. The deposition technique employed was specially designed roll-to-roll sputtering. The oxide was deposited at room temperature in an argon and oxygen plasma on a transparent conducting ITO layer on a PET film. The influence of deposition parameters such as DC power, working pressure and oxygen partial pressure has been investigated, in order to obtain the best compromise between a high deposition rate and adequate electro-optical properties. Electrical and optical properties of ITO films were analyzed by Hall measurement examinations with van der pauw geometry at room temperature and UV/Vis spectrometer analysis, respectively. In addition, the structural properties and surface smoothness were measured by x-ray diffraction and scaning electron microscopy, respectively. From optimized ITO films grown by roll-to-roll sputter system, good electrical$(6.44{\times}10^{-4}\;{\Omega}-cm)$ and optical(above 86 % at 550 nm) properties were obtained. Also, the ITO films exhibited amorphous structure and very flat surface beacause of low deposition temperature.

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Electrochemical Corrosion Failure of ITO-Coated PET Film for Display Application

  • Farooq, Hina;Kim, Hye-young;Byeon, Jai-Won
    • Journal of Applied Reliability
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.72-77
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: The electrochemical corrosion behavior of tin oxide film coated on PET substrates has been studied under varying concentrations of acrylic acid to investigate possible corrosion in contact with the acidic environment. Method: Potentiodynamic test was performed for a commercial ITO/PET film in 0.1, 0.3, and 0.5 M of acrylic acid. The surface morphology was analyzed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). Results: Potentiodynamic test results showed an increase in Icorr and decrease in Ecorr value with increasing concentration of acid. Microscopic evaluation suggested the presence of certain deep cracks on the surface of the film in addition with a severe acidic attack. Conclusion: Exposure of ITO to acrylic acid resulted in the stress corrosion cracking of ITO film due to the mechanical mismatch between brittle inorganic ITO fim and a compliant organic PET substrate leading to the subsequent failure of the film.

Optimal Sputtering Parameters of Transparent Conducting ITO Films Deposited on PET SUbstates

  • Kim, Hyun-Hoo;Shin, Sung-ho
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.23-27
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    • 2000
  • Indium in oxide(ITO) films have been deposited on PET and glass substrates by DC reactive magnetron sputtering without post-deposition thermal treatment, The high quality for microstructure, electrical and optical properties of the as-deposited ITO films on unheated substrates is dominated by the sputtering parameters, The influence of the working gas pressure, DC power and oxygen partial pressure has been systematically investigated, The lowest DC power, and oxygen partial pressure has been systematically investigated, The lowest resistivity of ITO films deposited on PET substrates was 6$\times$10$^{-4}$ $\Omega$cm. It has been obtained at a working pressure of 3 mTorr and DC power of 30 W. The sheet resistance and optical transmittance of these film were 22 $\Omega$/square and 84% respectively. The best values of figures of merit for the electrical and optical characteristics such as T/ $R_{sh}$ and $T^{10}$ / $R_{sh}$ are approximately 38.1 and 7.95($\times$10$^{-3}$ $\Omega$$^{-1}$ ), respectively.

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Effect of RF Superimposed DC Magnetron Sputtering on Electrical and Bending Resistances of ITO Films Deposited on PET at Low Temperature (DC마그네트론 스퍼터링법으로 PET 기판위에 저온 증착한 ITO박막의 비저항과 굽힘 저항성에 대한 RF인가의 영향)

  • Park, Mi-Rang;Lee, Sung-Hun;Kim, Do-Geun;Lee, Gun-Hwan;Song, Pung-Keun
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.41 no.5
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    • pp.214-219
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    • 2008
  • Indium tin oxide (ITO) films were deposited on PET substrate by RF superimposed DC magnetron sputtering using ITO (doped with 10 wt% $SnO_2$) target. Substrate temperature was maintained below $750^{\circ}C$ without intentionally substrate heating during the deposition. The discharge voltage of DC power supply was decreased from 280 V to 100 V when superimposed RF power was increased from 0 W to 150 W. The electrical properties of the ITO films were improved with increasing of superimposed RF power. In the result of cyclic bending test, relatively high mechanical property was obtained for the ITO film deposited with RF power of 75 W under DC current of 0.75 A which could be attributed to the decrease of internal stress caused by decrease in both deposition rate and plasma impedance.

Electrical Properties of ITO/Ag/ITO Conducting Transparent Thin Films (ITO/Ag/ITO 투명전도막의 전기적 특성)

  • Chae, Hong-Chol;Baeg, Chang-Hyun;Hong, Joo-Wha
    • Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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    • v.49 no.2
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    • pp.192-196
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    • 2011
  • The multi-layered thin film with an ITO/Ag/ITO structure was produced on PET by using magnetron reactive sputtering method. First, 30 nm of ITO thin film was coated on PET by using normal temperature process. Then 20-52 nm of the Ag thin film was coated. Lastly, 30 nm of ITO thin film was coated on Ag layer. The sample of the 20 nm Ag thin film showed more than 70% transmission and a $2.7{\Omega}/{\Box}$ sheet resistance. When compared to the existing single-layered transparent conducting thin film, multi-layered film was found to be superior with about $5{\Omega}/{\Box}$ less sheet resistance. However, since the Ag layer became thinner, the band gap energy needs to be increased to more than 3.5 eV.

The composition control of ITO/PET by plasma emission monitor (PEM을 이용한 ITO/PET film의 조성 제어)

  • 한세진;김용환;김영환;이택동
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.8 no.4A
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    • pp.438-444
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    • 1999
  • The characterization of the reactively sputtered ITO layer on the PET film has been studied. The PEM device has been used to determine the optimum stoichimetry through control of the amount of oxygen incorporated into the alloy target and the optimum operation conditions to produce films with the highest electrical conductivity and visible transparency. The PEP film was pre-treated under the plasma discharge condition to remove the adsorbed gases and to modify the surface morphology. The results revealed that by adjusting the flow rate of oxygen with the spectral intensity of indium target, the composition of plasma gas can be kept constant during the entire deposition period. The resistivity of ITO film obtained was fond to be about 37$\Omega\Box$, and the transmittance of visual range was about 86%.

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Electrical and Mechanical Properties of ITO Films Deposited on PET by RF Superimposed DC Magneoon Sputtering (RF 부가형 DC 마그네트론 스퍼터링에 의해 PET 기판에 증착한 ITO 박막의 전기적 및 기계적 특성)

  • Kim, Se-Il;Jeong, Tae-Dong;Song, Pung-Geun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.186-186
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    • 2009
  • RF 부가형 DC 마그네트론 스퍼터링 공정을 이용하여 상온에서 Indium tin oxide (ITO) 박막을 PET (polyethylene terephthalate) 기판 위에 증착하였다. 전체 파워는 70W로 유지하고 RF/ (DC+RF) 파워율은 0 %에서 100 %까지 20% 비율로 증가시켰다. 50 %의 RF/(RF+DC) 파워율에 의해 증착된 ITO 박막에서 상대적으로 낮은 비저항을 얻을 수 있었으며, bending test에 의한 기계적 내구성 또한 가장 우수하였다.

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Interfacial Control of Multi-functional CNT and ITO/PET Nanocomposites having Self-Sensing and Transparency (자체-감지능 및 광투과도를 지닌 CNT 및 ITO/PET 다기능성 나노복합소재의 계면 조절 연구)

  • Wang, Zuo-Jia;Kwon, Dong-Jun;Gu, Ga-Young;Park, Joung-Man
    • Composites Research
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.45-50
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    • 2011
  • Transparent and conductive carbon nanotube on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) were prepared by dip-coating method for self-sensing multi-functional nanocomposites. The changes in the electrical and optical properties of CNT coating mainly depended on the number of dip-coating, concentration of CNT solution. Consequently, the surface resistance and transmittance of CNT coating were sensitively controlled by the processing parameters. Surface resistance of CNT coating was measured using four-point method, and surface resistance of coated CNT could be better calculated by using the dual configuration method. Optical transmittance of PET film with CNT coating was evaluated using UV spectrum. Surface properties of coated CNT investigated by wettability test via static and dynamic contact angle measurement were consistent with each other. As dip-coating number increased, surface resistance of coated CNT decreased seriously, whereas the transmittance exhibited little lower due to the thicker CNT networks layer. Interfacial microfailure properties were investigated for CNT and indium tin oxide (ITO) coatings on PET substrates by electrical resistance measurement under cyclic loading fatigue test. CNT with high aspect ratio exhibited no change in surface resistance up to 2000 cyclic loading, whereas ITO with brittle nature showed a linear increase of surface resistance up to 1000 cyclic loading and then exhibited the level-off due to reduced electrical contact points based on occurrence of many micro-cracks.