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- Title
Improved mechanical stability of indium zinc tin oxide based flexible transparent electrode through interlayer treatment.
- Authors
Biswas, Swarup; Lee, Yongju; Jang, Hyowon; Han, Selim; Kim, Hyeok
- Abstract
Due to the significant growth of the market for numerous flexible electronic devices, demand for mechanically stable indium zinc tin oxide (IZTO) based flexible transparent electrodes has recently expanded substantially. So, we have attempted to increase the mechanical stability of an IZTO based flexible transparent electrode by forming an ultrathin interlayer of an organic semiconductor polystyrene sulfonate doped polyaniline (PANI:PSS). According to the results of the systematic investigation, the PANI:PSS treated IZTO film can preserve 97.50% of its initial average transmittance (AVT) value (83.07%) after 20,000 bending cycles, but the bare IZTO film can retain only 89.00% of its initial AVT value (86.40%) after the same treatment. Furthermore, the PANI:PSS treatment has benefited in the reduction of IZTO film sheet resistance from 17.38 to 16.91 Ω/sq. Scanning electron microscopy images have indicated that the presence of a PANI:PSS interlayer on the IZTO film prevents the formation of fractures on the inorganic IZTO layer when mechanical stress is applied.
- Subjects
ZINC tin oxide; INDIUM tin oxide; POLYANILINES; STRAINS &; stresses (Mechanics); ORGANIC semiconductors; ELECTRODES; SCANNING electron microscopy
- Publication
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2023, Vol 140, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0021-8995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/app.53251