Heat mirror characteristics of photolytically produced indium tin oxide thin films

Indium oxide and indium tin oxide, films suitable for heat mirror applications, have previously been produced by a variety of methods which include sputtering, chemical vapour deposition, gas phase hydrolysis or spraying. We report for the first time the production of these materials by the photolys...

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Published inSolar & wind technology Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 53 - 58
Main Author Kuku, Titilayo A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier B.V 1986
New York, NY Pergamon Press
Subjects
Applied sciences
Energy
Exact sciences and technology
Natural energy
Solar energy
Annealing
Africa
Tin Indium Oxides Mixed
Air
Experimental study
Properties
Thin film
Solar cell
Equipment
Photolysis
Preparation
Solar energy
Influence
Nigeria
Comparative study
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Summary:Indium oxide and indium tin oxide, films suitable for heat mirror applications, have previously been produced by a variety of methods which include sputtering, chemical vapour deposition, gas phase hydrolysis or spraying. We report for the first time the production of these materials by the photolysis of thin films of vacuum-evaporated indium tin triiodide In xSn 1− x I 3 0·5 ⩽ χ ⩽1) in air at relatively low temperatures (100–150°C). The determined electrical, optical and crystallographic properties of the prepared films were observed to be comparable to those prepared by other methods. Attempts have been made to epitomize preparative conditions that give films with enhanced heat minor properties. Such a film prepared from In 0·9Sn 0·1I 3, with a thickneess of 0·65 μm, has a transmittance of about 90% and sheet resistance of 16 Ω◊ −1
ISSN:0741-983X
DOI:10.1016/0741-983X(86)90048-2