Flexible Polymer/Metal/Polymer and Polymer/Metal/Inorganic Trilayer Transparent Conducting Thin Film Heaters with Highly Hydrophobic Surface

Tae Woon Kang; Sung Hyun Kim; Cheol Hwan Kim; Sang Mok Lee; Han Ki Kim; Jae Seong Park; Jae Heung Lee; Yong Suk Yang; Sang Jin Lee

doi:10.1021/acsami.7b09837

Flexible Polymer/Metal/Polymer and Polymer/Metal/Inorganic Trilayer Transparent Conducting Thin Film Heaters with Highly Hydrophobic Surface

Tae Woon Kang, Sung Hyun Kim, Cheol Hwan Kim, Sang Mok Lee, Han Ki Kim, Jae Seong Park, Jae Heung Lee, Yong Suk Yang, Sang Jin Lee

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Polymer/metal/polymer and polymer/metal/inorganic trilayer-structured transparent electrodes with fluorocarbon plasma polymer thin film heaters have been proposed. The polymer/metal/polymer and polymer/metal/inorganic transparent conducting thin films fabricated on a large-area flexible polymer substrate using a continuous roll-to-roll sputtering process show excellent electrical properties and visible-light transmittance. They also exhibit water-repelling surfaces to prevent wetting and to remove contamination. In addition, the adoption of a fluorocarbon/metal/fluorocarbon film permits an outer bending radius as small as 3 mm. These films have a sheet resistance of less than 5 ω sq^-1, sufficient to drive light-emitting diode circuits. The thin film heater with the fluorocarbon/Ag/SiN_x structure exhibits excellent heating characteristics, with a temperature reaching 180 °C under the driving voltage of 13 V. Therefore, the proposed polymer/metal/polymer and polymer/metal/inorganic transparent conducting electrodes using polymer thin films can be applied in flexible and rollable displays as well as automobile window heaters and other devices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	33129-33136
Number of pages	8
Journal	ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume	9
Issue number	38
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b09837
State	Published - 27 Sep 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Flexible
polymer composite target
polymer/metal/polymer electrode
roll-to-roll sputtering
thin film heater

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