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Stability of functional characteristics of transparent electrodes based on the ZnO : Ga/Ag/ZnO : Ga multilayer structure

A. Sh. Asvarov^ab, A. K. Akhmedov^a, A. È. Muslimov^b, V. M. Kanevskii<sup>b

a</sup> Daghestan Institute of Physics after Amirkhanov, Makhachkala, Russia
^b Institute of Cristallography Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Abstract: Since the stability of functional properties of a transparent conducting three-layer structure ZnO:Ga/Ag/ZnO:Ga is important for practical application, we studied its long-term durability and thermal stability in air environment. It has been demonstrated that after prolonged interaction with the air environment at room temperature (for $\sim$1000 days) and further heat treatment in air at temperatures of up to 450$^\circ$C (for up to 10 h), the three-layer structure retains its integrity and is characterized by a low sheet resistance $R_s$ = 2.8 $\Omega$/sq at average transmittance in the visible range $T_{av}$ = 82.1%.

Keywords: transparent electrode, multilayer structure, ZnO, Ag, Ga, sheet resistance, transparence, stability, heat treatment.

Received: 23.08.2021
Revised: 29.09.2021
Accepted: 20.10.2021

DOI: 10.21883/PJTF.2022.02.51914.19001

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