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J. KIEEMEVol. 25, No. 1, pp. 44-47, January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4313/JKEM.2012.25.1.44
TiO 2 /Si 3 N 4 /Ag/Si 3 N 4 /TiO 2 다층구조에서 Si 3 N 4 버퍼층이 투과율에 미치는 영향
이서희1, 장건익1,a
1 충북대학교 신소재공학과
Effect of Si 3 N 4 Buffer Layer on Transmittance of TiO 2 /Si 3 N 4 /Ag/Si 3 N 4 /TiO 2 Multi Layered Structure
Seo-Hee Lee
1and Gun-Eik Jang
1,a1 Department of Materials Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Korea
(Received October 28, 2011; Revised November 28, 2011; Accepted December 2, 2011)
Abstract: The TiO2/Si3N4/Ag/Si3N4/TiO2 multi layered structure was designed for the possible application of transparent electrodes in PDP (Plasma Display Panel). Multi layered film was deposited on a glass substrate at room temperature by DC/RF magnetron sputtering system and EMP (Essential Macleod Program) was adopted to optimize the optical characteristics of film. During the deposition process, the Ag layer in TiO2/Ag/TiO2 became heavily oxidized and the filter characteristic was degraded easily.
In thus study, Si3N4 layer was used as a diffusion buffer layer between TiO2 and Ag. in order to prevent the oxidation of Ag layer in TiO2/Si3N4/Ag/Si3N4/TiO2 structure. It was confirmed that Si3N4 layer is one of candidate materials acting as diffusin barrier between TiO2/Ag/TiO2.
Keywords: TiO2/Si3N4/Ag/Si3N4/TiO2, Buffer layer, TCO, PDP filter