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RF Û ¼( ' a A ~ ½ ÓZ O Ü ¼ Ð z ´o B H õ quartz l ó ø Í0 A\ © : r õ 250
◦C \ " f ITO ~ Ã Ì} ` ¦ ] j % i ¦, l ó
ø Í : r ¸\ É r ~ Ã Ì} _ & ñ ½ ¨ ¸, F g < Æ& h : £ ¤$ í x 9 \ P & h : £ ¤$ í ` ¦ ì r$ 3 % i . Õ ª õ l ó ø Í : r ¸ 7 £ x
< Ê\ & ñ $ í É r ¾ Ó © ÷ &% 3 Ü ¼ 9 250
◦C \ " f $ í © ) a ~ Ã Ì} É r © : r \ " f $ í © ) a ITO ~ Ã Ì} Ð È Òõ Ö
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−6m
2/s, 250
◦C _ ~ Ã Ì} \ " f H 1.184 × 10
−6m
2/s _ ° ú כs % 3 # Q& . õ & h Ü ¼ Ð ITO ~ Ã Ì }
É r & ñ $ í s ¾ Ó © | ¨ c à º2 ¤ F g < Æ& h , \ P & h : £ ¤$ í s 8 y © o÷ & H כ Ü ¼ Ð S X ÷ &% 3 .
Ù þ
d # Q: ITO, RF Û ¼( ' a A, ì rF g " é ¶Z O , \ P S X í ß ¸
Thermal and Optical Properties of Sputtered ITO Thin Films
Minwoo Chu · Manil Kang · Sok Won Kim ∗
Department of Physics, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749
Ji-wook Ryu
Department of Physics, Kongju National University, Kongju 314-701 (Received 16 February 2011 : revised 15 March 2011 : accepted 27 March 2011)
ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) thin films were deposited on silicon and quartz substrates at room tem- perature and 250
◦C by using an RF sputtering method. The crystalline structure and the optical and the thermal properties were examined for various substrate temperatures. As the substrate temperature was increased, the crystallinity was found to be improved, and the transmittance of the ITO film grown at 250
◦C was higher by 24 % compared to that of the film grown at room temperature. The change in the crystallinity affected the diffusivities of the films, and the films grown at room temperature and at 250
◦C had diffusivities of 0.994 × 10
−6m
2/s and 1.184 × 10
−6m
2/s, respectively. Finally, we confirmed that the optical and the thermal properties of the ITO films were enhanced with improving crystallinity.
PACS numbers: 78.66.J, 81.15.A
Keywords: ITO, RF sputtering, Spectroscopic ellipsometry, Thermal diffusivity
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E-mail: [email protected]
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õ ~ ½ ÓZ O \ Ó ü t o & h : £ ¤$ í s ² ú . Õ ª × æ \ " f Û ¼ (
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É
r F « Ñ ¸ l ó ø ÍÜ ¼ Ð 6 x ½ + É Ã º e H © & h ` ¦ t ¦ e
[15].
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◦
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\
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Sn Ó ü t| 9 ` ¦ É r Ó ü t| 9 Ð @ /^ × æ o½ + ËÓ ü t ½ ¨ ¸
\
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[21–23]. t ë ß l r Ð\ " f µ 1 ÏÒ q t÷ & H \ P s È Ò" î F
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ø Í\ : r ¸ oü < 7 £ x à Ìr ç ß \ ] j ô Ç ITO ~ à Ì} _
½
¨ ¸& h oü < F g < Æ& h Õ ªo ¦ \ P & h : £ ¤$ í ` ¦ · ú Ð ¤ .
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Ì} ` ¦ ] j l 0 AK 5.0 × 10
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&
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#
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` ¦ : x K X <s ' \ ¦ Ã º| 9 x 9 $ © % i . Fortran á Ô Ð Õ
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& h 6 x # \ P S X í ß ¸\ ¦ ½ ¨ % i .
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1. ºX ì Ä ¤V R Ë
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A\ { 9 ) ITO ~ Ã Ì} _ XRD J ` ¦ · p כ s . ¸
H ¸| \ " f & ñ ~ ½ Ó ¾ Ós (400) Ü ¼ Ð $ í © ÷ &% 3 Ü ¼ 9, Õ ª s
ü @\ ¸ (212), (221), (440), Õ ªo ¦ (611) Ü ¼ Ð ¸ $ í ©
Fig. 3. (Color online) XRD patterns of the ITO films with various deposion times and substrate temperatures.
Fig. 4. Surface morphologies of the ITO films with vari- ous deposited times and substrate temperatures.
÷ &% 3 . : £ ¤ y 250
◦C \ " f H © : r \ q K (400) Ü ¼ Ð é ß
& ñ o ' ) a כ Ü ¼ Ð ó ø Íé ß ÷ & 9, ¢ ¸ô Ç 7 £ x à Ìr ç ß s 7 £ x
Fig. 5. (Color online) Transmission spectra of the films with various substrate temperatures.
< Ê\ (400) s ü @_ r] X x ß ¼ & h y è
t ¦ (400) ë ß & ñ o Ð ' H d` ¦ S X ½ + É Ã º e
%
3 . Reddy 1 p x É r 200
◦C s © Ü ¼ Ð l ó ø Í : r ¸ 7 £ x < Ê
\
ITO ~ Ã Ì} _ (400) _ x ß ¼ H y © K t ¦ Õ ª ü @\ x
ß ¼[ þ t É r © @ /& h Ü ¼ Ð K t H õ \ ¦ Ð ¦ % i [28].
s
Qô Ç õ H : r z ´+ « > õ ü < ¸ ú { 9 u 9 ¢ ¸ô Ç ITO ~ Ã Ì }
_ & ñ $ í s l ó ø Í : r ¸\ ß ¼> _ > r < Ê` ¦ _ p ô Ç .
Figure 4(a) ü < 4(b) H 60ì r ç ß , 4(c)ü < 4(d) H 120ì r ç ß 7 £ x
Ã
Ìô Ç כ s 9, 4(a)ü < 4(c) H © : r \ " f, 4(b)ü < 4(d) H 250
◦
C \ " f 7 £ x Ã Ì ) a ITO ~ à Ì} _ ³ ð ` ¦ · p כ s . © : r _
grain_ ß ¼l ü < ½ ¨ ¸ { 9 & ñ t · ú § ¤ . ì ø Í \ 250
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