KR20110080683A - Method for transparent conducting oxide thin film - Google Patents

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KR20110080683A
KR20110080683A KR1020100001025A KR20100001025A KR20110080683A KR 20110080683 A KR20110080683 A KR 20110080683A KR 1020100001025 A KR1020100001025 A KR 1020100001025A KR 20100001025 A KR20100001025 A KR 20100001025A KR 20110080683 A KR20110080683 A KR 20110080683A
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Abstract

The present invention is a transparent conductive coating of a ZnO-based thin film / Au thin film / ZnO-based thin film in sequence
Film manufacturing, inexpensive compared to conventional ITO thin film, heat treatment process
Even without the light transmittance and surface electrical resistance is excellent.

Description

Method for manufacturing a transparent conductive film {Method for transparent conducting oxide thin film}

The present invention, a transparent conductive film containing an organic polymer film base material and its manufacture

The transparent conductive film of the present invention is, for example, for a touch panel.

Transparent electrodes, plasma display panels (PDP), liquid crystal display (LCD) devices,

Displays such as light emitting diode devices (LEDs) and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs);

It can be used as a solar cell electrode or for antistatic or electromagnetic wave blocking

Used.

Recently, a touch panel and a flexible display,

With the rapid increase in flexible photovoltaic cells

Demand for Transparent Electrodes Increases Significantly Using Polymer Substrate

Doing. Currently, ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) is used for the transparent electrode

But the price is constantly rising due to the depletion of ITO.

There is an urgent need to develop materials to replace them.

Translucent electroconductive film has a high light transmittance to visible light and an electrical conductivity

It is a high thin film and usually has a transmittance of over 80% in the visible region.

It has a resistivity of 1x10 -4 dBm or less.

The first transparent conductive thin film was a Cd thin film deposited by Badeker as sputter in 1907.

CdO made by thermal oxidation is transparent and has conductivity

Tin Oxide (TO), Indium Oxide (IO), Antimony doped Tin since reported

Oxide (ATO), Zinc Oxide (ZO), Indium doped Zinc oxide (IZO), Indium Tin

Many light-transmitting oxides such as oxide (ITO) have been studied. Currently ITO

Thin film has been the most researched and industrialized, but the cost of the material

There is still room for improvement with the rise and improved performance of alternative materials.

The ZnO-based conductive film for transparent electrode uses an AZO thin film doped with Al and Ga doped

GZO thin film is the mainstream and the film formation method is sputtering method, pulse laser

Deposition (PLD), ion beam deposition, etc. are being applied.

GZO thin film is the mainstream and the film formation method is sputtering method, pulse laser

Deposition (PLD), ion beam deposition, etc. are being applied.

However, the polyethylene polyether sulfone is formed at a temperature of about 150 ° C. during deposition.

Poly Ether Sulfone (PES) or polyethylene terephthalate

Polymer substrates such as Poly Ethylene Terephthalte (PET)

It is difficult to deposit, and generally the surface resistance is over 200Ω / ㎠ and the light transmittance

80% or so (based on 550nm wavelength band) and ITO, a representative transparent electrode material,

It was limited to replace.

In the past, it has been widely used industrially as a material for thin films and coatings.

The frequent use was by far the glass substrate. Current display manufacturing process

Endure high temperatures during the process of film formation at high temperatures

However, due to the nature of glass, high Tg has the advantage of minimizing thermal deformation.

Because it has.

Meanwhile, the direction of development of next-generation displays goes beyond flat displays.

To complete and commercialize the technology for implementing flexible displays

It is going on. Flexible displays replace plastic substrates

Thinner, lighter, and thinner than conventional flat panel displays

Improve durability by reducing damage, reduce manufacturing cost by continuous roll process

Many researches are being conducted because cost reduction is possible compared to glass substrate.

have. But still plastic substrates are strong, stable against high heat

Weak mechanical strength against impact, difficulty of reproducibility, higher than glass

Large area and fine graphic display due to shrinkage and high electrical resistance

There are many disadvantages to apply. Therefore, overcoming these problems

In order to realize flexible display, development of low temperature manufacturing process of transparent electrode

Desperately needed

The present invention uses the ZnO-based thin film / Au thin film / ZnO-based thin film without the surface resistance and heat treatment

It is an object to provide a transparent conductive film excellent in light transmittance.

In addition, the ZnO-based thin film / Au thin film / ZnO-based thin film coated polymer (Polymer)

It is an object to provide a transparent conductive film of a material.

In order to solve the above problems, the coating is applied at low temperature without heat treatment.

ZnO-based thin film / Au thin film / ZnO-based thin film with excellent light transmittance and surface resistance

It relates to a manufacturing method.

The present invention, at least one of Ga and Al on the organic polymer film substrate

Doped ZnO-based ZnO-based thin film / Au thin film / ZnO-based thin film is formed

It relates to a transparent conductive film characterized by.

In the transparent conductive film, the ZnO-based thin film is GZO which is ZnO doped with Ga

It is preferable that it is a thin film. In addition, the ZnO-based thin film is AZO which is ZnO doped with Al.

It is preferable that it is a thin film.

The said transparent conductive film WHEREIN: The thickness of a ZnO type thin film is 20 nm-80 nm.

desirable.

In the above transparent conductive film, the thickness of the GZO thin film is 20 nm to 130 nm.

desirable.

Moreover, this invention is a manufacturing method of the said transparent conductive film,

ZnO phosphorus doped with at least one of Ga and Al on an organic polymer film substrate

Characterized by having a process of forming a ZnO-based thin film / Au thin film / ZnO-based thin film

It relates to a method for producing a transparent conductive film.

In the method for producing a transparent conductive film, the step of forming a ZnO-based thin film

The evacuation apparatus is evacuated up to 1.5 x 10 -4 Pa or less.

In the method for producing the transparent conductive film, the ZnO-based thin film is R.F magnetron

It is preferable to form by sputter film-forming method. In addition, the Au thin film is a metal target

By Au D-C magnetron sputter deposition under argon gas atmosphere

Can be formed.

In the method for producing the transparent conductive film, the ZnO-based thin film is an AZO thin film

In this case, the AZO thin film is formed of argon gas from ZnO-Al2O3 which is an oxide target.

Under the argon gas atmosphere to make a main gas, in a magnetron sputter deposition method

It can form by.

In the method for producing the transparent conductive film, the ZnO-based thin film is an AZO thin film

In this case, the AZO thin film contains oxygen from Zn-Al which is a metal target.

Under an argon gas atmosphere, by reactive magnetron sputter deposition

Can be formed. The amount of oxygen introduced in the argon gas atmosphere is

It can be controlled using MFC (mass flow controller).

In the method for producing the transparent conductive film, the ZnO-based thin film is a GZO thin film

In this case, the GZO thin film is formed of argon gas from ZnO-Ga2O3 which is an oxide target.

Under the argon gas atmosphere to be a main gas, by the magnetron sputter deposition method

Can form.

In the method for producing the transparent conductive film, the ZnO-based thin film is a GZO thin film

In this case, the GZO thin film contains oxygen from Zn-Ga which is a metal target.

Under an argon gas atmosphere, by reactive magnetron sputter deposition

Can be formed. The amount of oxygen introduced in the argon gas atmosphere is

It can be controlled using MFC (mass flow controller).

According to the present invention, manufacturing a low-cost transparent electrode in place of conventional expensive ITO

550nm visible light with specific resistance of 10 -5 or less without heat treatment

The production of excellent transparent conductive films with a light transmittance of more than 85% in the region

It is possible. The transparent electrode thus manufactured is made of a transparent electrode using ITO

It is possible to substitute for display, solar cell, touch panel, E paper, etc.

Can be used.

1: organic polymer substrate (PET) 2: ZnO-based thin film
3: Au thin film 4: ZnO based thin film
1 illustrates a ZnO-based transparent conductive film according to Example 1 of the present invention.
Sectional structure diagram.
2 is an X-ray diffraction analysis of the ZnO-based transparent conductive film according to Example 1
Graph shown.
3 is visible light of the ZnO-based transparent conductive film according to Example 1 of the present invention
Transmittance Spectrum According to Transmittance Wavelength
4 is a charge mobility of the ZnO-based transparent conductive film according to Example 1 of the present invention and
Graph showing change in charge concentration
5 is a thin film thickness of the ZnO-based transparent conductive film according to Example 1 of the present invention
Measurement graph

The present invention and operational advantages of the present invention and achieved by the practice of the present invention

To fully understand the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiment of the present invention

Reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and to the contents described in the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of the present invention,

The present invention will be described in detail. However, in the description of the present invention already known

Descriptions of functions or configurations are provided to clarify the gist of the present invention.

It will be omitted. In addition, this invention is not limited to these Examples.

(Organic Polymer Film)

1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an example of the transparent conductive film of the present invention,

On one surface of the organic polymer film base material 4, a ZnO-based thin film 3 is formed

In addition, a ZnO-based thin film 1 is formed on the Au thin film 2.

As an organic polymer film base material used for this invention, transparency, heat resistance, surface

Films excellent in smoothness are preferably used. For example, polymer

(Polymer) polyether sulfone, polyacrylate, polyetherimide,

Polyethylene naphthalate, polyethylene terephthalate, polyphenylene sulfide,

Polyarylate, polyimide, polycarbonate, cellulose triacetate

 And plastic materials including cellulose acetate propionate and the like

.

Moreover, before forming a ZnO type thin film on an organic polymer film base material

Depending on the type of film, inert gas such as argon gas and nitrogen gas

Surface modification process (pretreatment), such as a plasma process, can also be performed in atmosphere.

have. In addition, the organic polymer film base material contains SiO 2 for the purpose of antireflection or the like.

A ZnO based thin film can be formed through an undercoat film such as a thin film.

As a thin film, a ZZO-doped ZnO thin film and an AZO Z-doped Al

Thin film is mentioned. Moreover, the ZnO type thin film which is ZnO doped with Ga and Al is mentioned.

have. As a film formation method of a ZnO type thin film, the magnetron sputtering method and a pulse laser

Vacuum deposition methods such as deposition (PLD) and reactive plasma deposition (RPD) methods are employed.

All. In consideration of productivity and characteristics, the magnetron sputtering method

It is common.

The formation of the ZnO based thin film by the magnetron sputter deposition method is performed in two ways.

It can be adopted. The first is from an oxide target, argon gas to main gas

It is a method of sputter film-forming in argon gas atmosphere.

As an oxide target, ZnO-Ga2O3 sintered compact, ZnO-Al2O3 sintered compact etc. are mentioned, for example.

Can be mentioned. Argon gas atmosphere is argon gas only, or a small amount of hydrogen

Argon gas mixed with gas is used. In ZnO-Ga2O3 Sintered Body

Although the ratio of Ga2O3 of is suitably determined, it is usually

In view of lowering the specific resistance of the film thus obtained, it is usually about 1 to 8 WT%,

Preferably it is 2-8 WT%. ZnO-Al2O3 Sintered Body

Although the ratio of Al2O3 is suitably determined, in the said sintered compact normally,

In general, about 0.5 to 6% by weight in terms of reducing the specific resistance of the obtained film,

Preferably it is 1-6 weight%.

The second is from a metal target, under argon gas atmosphere containing oxygen

It is a reactive magnetron sputter deposition method which performs sputter film deposition.

As a metal target, Zn-Ga, Zn-Al etc. are mentioned, for example. Metal target

Zn-Ga is not alloyed and Ga is uniformly dispersed in Zn metal.

You can think of it as a state.

The ratio of Ga in Zn-Ga is appropriately determined, but usually

From the viewpoint of low resistivity similarly to the oxide target in Zn-Ga,

Usually, it is about 0.4-4 WT%, Preferably it is 1.2-3.8 WT%.

As the metal target, Zn-Al, a Zn-Al alloy is used. Al in Zn-Al Alloy

The ratio is appropriately determined, but usually in terms of Zn-Al and the oxide target

Similarly, from the point of low specific resistance, wind is usually about 0.2 to 5 WT%.

It is 0.5-2.8 WT% directly.

As shown in Fig. 1, the transparent conductive film 2 of the present embodiment is an organic polymer.

ZnO-based thin film formed in contact with the surface of the film substrate (1)

ZnO based on ZnO based thin film layer (2) Au thin film layer (3) and Au thin film layer (3)

The thin film layer 4 is formed.

First, PET substrate (thickness: 118 μm), a kind of organic polymer film, was used as a substrate.

UV irradiation, electron beam irradiation, corona discharge, plasma discharge, organic solvent cleaning

Remove foreign substances on the surface and pre-treatment to improve thin film deposition.

When the thin film was deposited, the distance between the ZnO-based target and the substrate was fixed to 10 cm.

The substrate was rotated at a speed of 6 rpm for the thickness uniformity of the thin film.

Argon (Ar) to remove oxide layers and impurities that may be present on the target surface

AC (alternating current) 75W using gas

Pre-sputtering was performed for 15 minutes at (current density; 3.5 W / cm 2 ). after,

Ar gas flow rate is 38 sccm and ZnO-based thin film deposition process pressure is 1.0 × 10 -3

kept at torr. 14 nm / min deposition rate first lower layer

A ZnO based thin film is deposited to a thickness of 46 nm.

On the ZnO-based thin film formed by the above method, the Au thin film had an Ar gas flow rate of 5 sccm.

Maintains 1.0 × 10 -3 torr process pressure and direct current (DC)

120 W (current density; 2.6 W / cm 2 ) at 5 nm thickness with 20 nm / min deposition rate

Deposition appropriately. Thereafter, the same method as for depositing a lower layer ZnO-based thin film

The upper layer ZnO-based thin film is deposited under the conditions.

As shown in the above ZnO thin film process conditions,

46nm deposition to form a multilayer thin film structure of ZnO-based thin film / Au / ZnO-based thin film / PET (substrate)

To make.

Table 1 shows an organic polymer film substrate on which a transparent conductive film is deposited as a ZnO-based thin film.

Surface resistance and visible light transmittance are shown.

ZnO Target Types Multilayer Thin Film Composition Multilayer Thin Film Thickness
(Nm)
Sheet resistance (Ω / ㎠) Visible light transmittance
(550nm standard)
AZO (Al 2 WT%) AZO / Au / AZO 46/5/46 8.08 ≥85% GZO (Ga 3 WT%) GZO / Au / GZO 46/5/46 163 ≥85%

As shown in Table 1, low specific resistance is obtained even without heat treatment, and light transmittance is shown.

A transparent conductive film exhibiting properties of more than 85% and excellent thermal stability

I can produce it.

Claims (4)

Multilayer transparent conductive film made of ZnO-based thin film / Au / ZnO-based thin film
Manufacturing method;
The ZnO-based thin film is a ZnO-doped GZO thin film and Al doped
ZnO AZO thin film, which is formed on a ZnO based thin film formed by sputtering
Au was deposited by sputtering, and a ZnO-based thin film was deposited thereon by sputtering.
The multilayer transparent conductive film characterized by depositing.
The method of claim 1,
The Au deposition thickness is 3 ~ 15 nm ZnO-based thin film / Au thin film /
Multilayer transparent conductive film coated with a ZnO-based thin film.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The thickness of the AZO-based thin film is characterized in that each 10 ~ 110 nm
ZnO-based thin film / Au thin film / ZnO-based transparent conductive film is a multi-layer coating.
The method according to claim 1 and 3, wherein the AZO is deposited in a ZnO-based deposited transparent conductive film.
The ratio of Al2O3 in a ZnO-Al2O3 sintered compact is about 0.5-6 weight%,
In the ZnO-Ga2O3 sintered body of GZO, the ratio of Ga2O3 is 1 to 8% by weight.
Thin coated transparent conductive film, characterized in that the combination.
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