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Article Citation - WoS: 4Citation - Scopus: 5Enhanced Optoelectronic Properties of Magnetron Sputtered Ito/Ag Multilayers by Electro-Annealing(AVS, 2022) Uyanık, Zemzem; Türkoğlu, Fulya; Demirhan, Yasemin; Ekmekçioğlu, Merve; Ata, Bengü; Ata, Bengü; Özdemir, Mehtap; Aygün, Gülnur; Uyanık, Zemzem; Özdemir, Mehtap; Aygün, Gülnur; Özyüzer, Lütfi; 04.05. Department of Pyhsics; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology; 04. Faculty of ScienceIndium tin oxide/silver/indium tin oxide (ITO/Ag/ITO) multilayers have attracted much attention to fulfill the growing need for high-performance transparent conducting oxide electrodes. To make these transparent multilayers work better, electro-annealing, which is a method of self-heating by electric current, can be effective. Moreover, the effect of current on ITO/Ag/ITO multilayers should be investigated to make sure that electronic devices will be reliable over their lifetime. In this study, ITO/Ag/ITO multilayer electrodes with varying Ag thicknesses were grown by DC magnetron sputtering at room temperature. Structural, optical, and electrical properties of these multilayers were investigated before and after electro-annealing. Measurement results revealed that improved optical transmittance and sheet resistance can be obtained by the optimization of Ag thickness for the as-grown ITO/Ag/ITO layers. The highest figure of merit (FoM) value of 17.37 × 10−3 Ω−1 with optical transmittance of 85.15% in the visible region and sheet resistance of 11.54 Ω/□ was obtained for the Ag thickness of 16.5 nm for as-grown samples. The electro-annealing of as-grown ITO/Ag/ITO multilayers led to improved optical behavior of the multilayer structure over a wide spectral range, especially in the near-infrared range. Electro-annealing also provided an improvement in the crystallinity and sheet resistance of the electrodes. The improvement of the electrical and optical properties of the structure enabled a FoM of 23.07 × 10−3 Ω−1 with the optical transmittance of 86.80% in the visible region and sheet resistance of 10.52 Ω/□. The findings of this work provide proper knowledge of the properties of ITO/Ag/ITO multilayers under electrical current and suggest that the overall performance of the multilayers can be improved by the electro-annealing process.Article Citation - WoS: 8Citation - Scopus: 8Development of Zto/Ag Transparent Electrodes for Thin Film Solar Cells(Springer, 2022) Türkoğlu, Fulya; Köseoğlu, Hasan; Özyüzer, Lütfi; Cantaş, Ayten; Özdemir, Mehtap; Aygün, Gülnur; Özdemir, Mehtap; 04.05. Department of Pyhsics; 04. Faculty of Science; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyThis article presents the optimization of Zinc Tin Oxide/Silver/Zinc Tin Oxide (ZTO/Ag/ZTO) multilayers to implement them in thin film solar cells as transparent electrodes. To achieve improvements on the performance of these transparent multilayers, effect of Ag and ZTO thicknesses, and position of Ag layer within the multilayer were investigated. Electrical and optical characterization of these multilayers revealed that reduced sheet resistance and improved optical transmittance can be acquired for solar cells by the optimization of thin film thicknesses and position of the Ag within the multilayer. The improvement of the electrical and optical behavior of the ZTO/Ag/ZTO structures enabled figure of merit (FoM) values up to 69.69 × 10–3 Ω−1. The performance of our multilayer electrodes was also compared with ITO and AZO electrodes. The obtained results suggest that fabricated multilayer electrodes can be a good choice for thin film solar cells.