Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11147/11812
Title: Surface free energy and wettability properties of transparent conducting oxide-based films with Ag interlayer
Authors: Özbay, Salih
Erdoğan, Nursev
Erden, Fuat
Ekmekçioğlu, Merve
Rakop, Büşra
Özdemir, Mehtap
Aygün, Gülnur
Özyüzer, Lütfi
Keywords: Indium tin oxide
Aluminum zinc oxide
Zinc tin oxide
Silver
Surface free energy
Work of adhesion
Publisher: Elsevier
Abstract: ITO, ZTO, AZO and Ag are commonly used in transparent conducting oxide (TCO)/metal/TCO electrodes to form multilayered thin films on a suitable substrate. A detailed surface free energy (SFE) knowledge of these films is critical to design desirable TCO-based sandwich structures. In this study, TCO/Ag/TCO multilayer thin films were coated onto glass substrates using ITO, ZTO, AZO and Ag targets by magnetron sputtering. The wettability properties of TCO, Ag interlayer and TCO/Ag/TCO were evaluated by contact angle measurements of seven different liquids having various surface tension values. The dispersive and polar components of SFE were calculated using geometric and harmonic mean approaches. The acidic and basic components of SFE were calculated using van Oss-Chaudhury-Good method. Following this, the work of adhesion values between TCO films and Ag interlayer were estimated using SFE values of the films. The results show that the SFE components of the surfaces differ depending on the TCO type, the total SFE values of TCO/Ag/TCO films were lower than that of TCO films, and AZO/Ag adhesion is stronger than the other TCO/Ag structures. The reasons behind these differences were discussed by evaluating the SFE, XRD, AFM and SEM analysis simultaneously.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.150901
https://hdl.handle.net/11147/11812
ISSN: 0169-4332
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