Highly flexible transparent and conductive ZnS/Ag/ZnS multilayer films prepared by ion beam assisted deposition

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2270-2274

  Yu, Zhinong ^a   Leng, Jian ^a,b   Xue, Wei ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Jiang, Yurong ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Zhang, Dongpu ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TIANJIN JINHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ion beam assisted deposition (IBAD); Optical properties; Sheet resistance; Transparent and conductive film; Zinc sulfide (ZnS)

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; FILM PREPARATION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; ION BEAMS; IONS; MULTILAYER FILMS; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SHEET RESISTANCE; SILVER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; TIN OXIDES; ZINC SULFIDE;

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; HIGH TRANSMITTANCE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; OPTOELECTRICAL; RESISTANCE STABILITY; SILVER LAYER; TEREPHTHALATE; ZINC SULFIDE (ZNS);

ION BEAM ASSISTED DEPOSITION;

EID: 84855549103     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.09.099     Document Type: Article

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