In-situ spatial and temporal electrical characterization of ZnO thin films deposited by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition on flexible polymer substrates.

ABSTRACT: A technique is presented for collecting data on both the spatial and temporal variations in the electrical properties of a film as it is deposited on a flexible substrate. A flexible printed circuit board substrate with parallel electrodes distributed across its surface was designed. Zinc oxide films were then deposited on the flexible substrate at different temperatures via atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (AP-CVD) using a spatial atomic layer deposition system. AP-CVD is a promising high-throughput thin film deposition technique with applications in flexible electronics. Collecting data on the film properties in-situ allows us to directly observe how deposition conditions affect the evolution of those properties in real-time. The spatial uniformity of the growing film was

SUBMITTER: Jones A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7672091 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature