High-Quality AZO/Au/AZO Sandwich Film with Ultralow Optical Loss and Resistivity for Transparent Flexible Electrodes

Zhou, Hua1,2; Xie, Jing1; Mai, Manfang3; Wang, Jing7; Shen, Xiangqian4; Wang, Shuying4; Zhang, Lihua5; Kisslinger, Kim5; Wang, Hui-Qiong6; Zhang, Jinxing7; Li, Yu1; Deng, Junhong8; Ke, Shanming1; Zeng, Xierong1

2018-05-09

10.1021/acsami.8b00685

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces   影响因子和分区

1944-8244

1944-8252

Transparent flexible electrodes are in ever-growing demand for modern stretchable optoelectronic devices, such as display technologies, solar cells, and smart windows. Such sandwich-film-electrodes deposited on polymer substrates are unattainable because of the low quality of the films, inducing a relatively large optical loss and resistivity as well as a difficulty in elucidating the interference behavior of light. In this article, we report a high-quality AZO/Au/AZO sandwich film with excellent optoelectronic performance, e.g., an average transmittance of about 81.7% (including the substrate contribution) over the visible range, a sheet resistance of 5 Omega/sq, and a figure-of-merit (FoM) factor of similar to 55.1. These values are well ahead of those previously reported for sandwich-film-electrodes. Additionally, the interference behaviors of light modulated by the coat and metal layers have been explored with the employment of transmittance spectra and numerical simulations. In particular, a heater device based on an AZO/Au/AZO sandwich film exhibits high performance such as short response time (similar to 5s) and uniform temperature field. This work provides a deep insight into the improvement of the film quality of the sandwich electrodes and the design of high-performance transparent flexible devices by the application of a flexible substrate with an atomically smooth surface.

sandwich film transparent flexible electrodes mica interference behavior of light film heater

SCI ; EI

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其他

Science and Technology Research Items of Shenzhen[CYJ20160422102802301] ; Science and Technology Research Items of Shenzhen[KQJSCX2016022619562452]

Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Materials Science

Nanoscience & Nanotechnology ; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

WOS:000432205800095

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

20181905168579

Flexible displays ; Optoelectronic devices ; Polymer films ; Substrates ; Transparent electrodes

Minerals:482.2 ; Computer Peripheral Equipment:722.2 ; Optical Devices and Systems:741.3 ; Polymeric Materials:815.1

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1.Shenzhen Univ, Coll Mat Sci & Engn, Shenzhen Key Lab Special Funct Mat, Shenzhen 518060, Peoples R China
2.Shenzhen Univ, Coll Optoelect Engn, Key Lab Optoelect Devices & Syst, Minist Educ & Guangdong Prov, Shenzhen 518060, Peoples R China
3.Foshan Univ, Sch Phys & Optoelect Engn, Foshan 528000, Peoples R China
4.Xinjiang Univ, Sch Phys & Technol, Urumqi 830046, Peoples R China
5.Brookhaven Natl Lab, Ctr Funct Nanomat, Upton, NY 11973 USA
6.Xiamen Univ, Dept Phys, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Optoelect Semicond & Effic, Fujian Prov Key Lab Semicond & Applicat, Xiamen 361005, Peoples R China
7.Beijing Normal Univ, Dept Phys, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
8.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Shenzhen 518060, Peoples R China

Zhou, Hua,Xie, Jing,Mai, Manfang,et al. High-Quality AZO/Au/AZO Sandwich Film with Ultralow Optical Loss and Resistivity for Transparent Flexible Electrodes[J]. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,2018,10(18):16160-16168.

Zhou, Hua.,Xie, Jing.,Mai, Manfang.,Wang, Jing.,Shen, Xiangqian.,...&Zeng, Xierong.(2018).High-Quality AZO/Au/AZO Sandwich Film with Ultralow Optical Loss and Resistivity for Transparent Flexible Electrodes.ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,10(18),16160-16168.

Zhou, Hua,et al."High-Quality AZO/Au/AZO Sandwich Film with Ultralow Optical Loss and Resistivity for Transparent Flexible Electrodes".ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10.18(2018):16160-16168.