Effects of air annealing on the optical, electrical, and structural properties of nanostructured ZnS/Au/ZnS films

• Published in: Applied surface science Vol. 257; no. 5; pp. 1602 - 1606
• Main Authors: Ghorashi, S.M.B., Behjat, A., Neghabi, M., Mirjalili, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.12.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Annealing; Annealing temperature; Au film; Cold working, work hardening; annealing, post-deformation annealing, quenching, tempering recovery, and crystallization; Cold working, work hardening; annealing, quenching, tempering, recovery, and recrystallization; textures; Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties; Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology; Electrical properties of specific thin films; Electrical properties of specific thin films and layer structures (multilayers, superlattices, quantum wells, wires, and dots); Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films and low-dimensional structures; Exact sciences and technology; Gold; Materials science; Nanomaterials; Nanostructure; Optical and electrical properties; Optical constants (including refractive index, complex dielectric constant, absorption, reflection and transmission coefficients, emissivity); Optical constants: refractive index, complex dielectric constant, absorption, reflection and transmission coefficients, emissivity; Optical properties; Optical properties and condensed-matter spectroscopy and other interactions of matter with particles and radiation; Optical properties of bulk materials and thin films; Physics; Scanning electron microscopy; SEM; Transparent conductive; Treatment of materials and its effects on microstructure and properties; XRD; Zinc sulfides; 44.15.Eq; Transparent conductive; Annealing temperature; 78.20.Ci; Optical and electrical properties; SEM; 78.67.Pt; XRD; Au film; Inorganic compounds; Electrical conductivity; Glass; Nanostructures; Zinc sulfide; Multilayers; Temperature effects; X-ray analysis; Grain size; Scanning electron microscopy; Gold; Annealing; Semiconductor materials; Transition element compounds; Crystallinity; Transmittance; Thickness; Transition elements

In this paper, transparent conductive ZnS/Au/ZnS nano-multilayer films have been designed and the optimum thickness of gold and zinc sulfide layers are calculated. The conductive transparent ZnS/Au/ZnS nano-multilayer structure with optimized thickness have also been fabricated on a glass substrate...