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Vacuum evaporated indium tin oxide layers

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OSTI ID:197636
 [1]; ; ;  [2];  [3]
  1. Sharana Basaveshwar Public School and Composite Pre-University College, Gulburga (India)
  2. Central Electro Chemical Research Inst., Karaikudi (India)
  3. Annamalai Polytechnic, Chettinad (India)

Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) film have been prepared by sequential vacuum deposition of indium and tin on plain glass followed by oxidation at temperatures around 400--650 C. By a proper control of the time of evaporation and the heating current the concentration of vacuum evaporated indium was maintained constant and tin concentration was varied in the range of 10--60% by weight. ITO films with good optical and electrical properties can be obtained by adjusting the ratio of Sn:In in the range of 1:9 to 1:35 after heat-treatment at 400--600 C. The films exhibit a sheet resistance of 20 ohms per square with an optical transmission of 60% at 500 nm when the Sn:In ratio was maintained at 1:9. The film was found suitable for ITO/Si Solar Cells and as substrates for photo anodes in PEC cells.

OSTI ID:
197636
Report Number(s):
CONF-950793--; ISBN 0-8194-1890-0
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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