Float glass substrates covered by high quality ITO thin films (Balzers) were subjected for an hour to single thermal treatments at different temperature between 100 8C and 600 8C. In order to study the electric and optical properties of both annealed and not annealed ITO-covered float glasses, ellipsometry, spectrophotometry, impedance analysis, and X-ray measurements were performed. Moreover, variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry provides relevant information on the electronic and optical properties of the samples. ITO film is modeled as a dense lower layer and a surface roughness layer. The estimated optical density for ITO and the optical density of the surface roughness ITO layer increases with the annealing temperature. In the near-IR range, the extinction coefficient decreases while the maximum of the absorption in the near UV range shift towards low photon energy as the annealing temperature increases. Spectrophotometry was used to estimate the optical band-gap energy of the samples. The thermal annealing changes strongly the structural and optical properties of ITO thin films, because during the thermal processes, the ITO thin film absorbs oxygen from air. This oxygen absorption decreases the oxygen vacancies therefore the defect densities in the crystalline structure of the ITO thin films also decrease, as confirmed both by ellipsometry and X-ray measurements.

Ellipsometry investigation of the effects of annealing temperature on the optical properties of indium tin oxide thin films studied by Drude-Lorentz model

Scaramuzza N;Ciuchi F;Versace C;Strangi G;Bartolino R
2009

Abstract

Float glass substrates covered by high quality ITO thin films (Balzers) were subjected for an hour to single thermal treatments at different temperature between 100 8C and 600 8C. In order to study the electric and optical properties of both annealed and not annealed ITO-covered float glasses, ellipsometry, spectrophotometry, impedance analysis, and X-ray measurements were performed. Moreover, variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry provides relevant information on the electronic and optical properties of the samples. ITO film is modeled as a dense lower layer and a surface roughness layer. The estimated optical density for ITO and the optical density of the surface roughness ITO layer increases with the annealing temperature. In the near-IR range, the extinction coefficient decreases while the maximum of the absorption in the near UV range shift towards low photon energy as the annealing temperature increases. Spectrophotometry was used to estimate the optical band-gap energy of the samples. The thermal annealing changes strongly the structural and optical properties of ITO thin films, because during the thermal processes, the ITO thin film absorbs oxygen from air. This oxygen absorption decreases the oxygen vacancies therefore the defect densities in the crystalline structure of the ITO thin films also decrease, as confirmed both by ellipsometry and X-ray measurements.
2009
Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici - IPCF
Indium tin oxide thin films Ellipsometry investigation Optical properties Thermal annealing
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