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Poster Session, Tuesday, June 15<br />

Hydrothermal synthesis of <strong>in</strong>dium t<strong>in</strong> oxide for transparent and reflective th<strong>in</strong> films<br />

Meltem Asiltürk a, * , Es<strong>in</strong> Burunkaya b,c , Nadir Kiraz b,c , Ömer Kesmez b,c , Ertuğrul Arpaç b,c<br />

a Inonu University, Department of Chemistry, Malatya, Turkey<br />

b Akdeniz University, Department of Chemistry, Antalya, Turkey<br />

c NANOen R&D Ltd, Antalya, Turkey<br />

Theme A1 - B702<br />

Abstract- Indium t<strong>in</strong> oxide (ITO) used as optical material with high refractive <strong>in</strong>dex was hydrothermally synthesized<br />

from a mixture of <strong>in</strong>dium(III) chloride and t<strong>in</strong>(IV) chloride. Surface of the ITO particles was modified with different<br />

modify<strong>in</strong>g agents used as a copolymer for coat<strong>in</strong>gs and then, th<strong>in</strong> films of surface modified ITO nanoparticles was<br />

deposited on glass and silicon-wafers by the sp<strong>in</strong>-coat<strong>in</strong>g method. It was found that particle size of ITO powder is<br />

f<strong>in</strong>er than 10 nm and particles have high transmittance <strong>in</strong> visible region but it has low transmittance <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>frared<br />

region. Surface of ITO particles can easily modify a ligand, and thus it can use <strong>in</strong> applications of th<strong>in</strong> film. Thickness<br />

of films is about 515 nm. Refractive <strong>in</strong>dex of films is 1.7-1.8.<br />

Indium t<strong>in</strong> oxide (ITO) is an advanced ceramic<br />

material with many electronic and optical applications<br />

due to its excellent properties of high conductivity (104<br />

-1 cm -1 ) and high transparency (85–90%) to visible<br />

light [1, 2]. For many applications, especially <strong>in</strong><br />

microelectronics and optoelectronics, with optical and<br />

IR-block<strong>in</strong>g coat<strong>in</strong>gs, it is important to use ITO<br />

powders compris<strong>in</strong>g nanoscale particles. The high<br />

electrical property is orig<strong>in</strong>ated from the creation of a<br />

conduct<strong>in</strong>g carrier–oxygen vacancy with the addition<br />

of dopant (Sn 4+ ) to the matrix (In 2 O 3 ). The oxygen<br />

vacancies act as doubly ionized donors and contribute<br />

at a maximum two electrons to the electrical<br />

conductivity. In 2 O 3 exists <strong>in</strong> two different<br />

crystallographic structures, i.e. rhombohedra and cubic<br />

forms. High electrical conductivity is normally<br />

achieved by the stabilization of the cubic phase [3–5].<br />

For this reason, there are very large numbers of<br />

possible uses for <strong>in</strong>dium t<strong>in</strong> oxide systems, and,<br />

accord<strong>in</strong>gly, there have also been a very large number<br />

of <strong>in</strong>vestigations <strong>in</strong>to their preparation.<br />

For many applications, especially <strong>in</strong> microelectronics<br />

and optoelectronics, with optical and IR-block<strong>in</strong>g<br />

coat<strong>in</strong>gs it is important to use ITO powders compris<strong>in</strong>g<br />

nanoscale particles. Such nanoscale particles have an<br />

average particle size of preferably from 5 to 30 nm.<br />

Many techniques such as solvothermal, microemulsion,<br />

sol-gel, coprecipitation, and hydrothermal method have<br />

been used to prepare nanocrystall<strong>in</strong>e ITO powders [6-<br />

11]. Among these chemical techniques, the ma<strong>in</strong><br />

advantages of hydrothermal synthesis are related to<br />

homogeneous nucleation processes, ascribed to<br />

elim<strong>in</strong>ation of the calc<strong>in</strong>ations step to produce very low<br />

gra<strong>in</strong> sizes and high purity powders [12].<br />

In this work, we prepared ITO powders without<br />

additional heat treatment after the hydrothermal<br />

synthesis. Prior to the surface modification, ITO sol<br />

was prepared without us<strong>in</strong>g dispersant <strong>in</strong> ethanol and<br />

then, surface of ITO particles was modified different<br />

chemical compounds. With the coat<strong>in</strong>g solutions which<br />

have modified ITO particles, we coated glass substrate<br />

and Si-wafers by sp<strong>in</strong> coat<strong>in</strong>g method.<br />

The results showed that ITO powders were well<br />

crystallized. They have dom<strong>in</strong>ant cubic crystall<strong>in</strong>e<br />

structure. The particle size of ITO powder is < 10 nm.<br />

ITO particles have high transmittance <strong>in</strong> visible region<br />

but it has low transmittance <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>frared region. Surface<br />

of ITO powders can easily modify a ligand, and thus it<br />

can use <strong>in</strong> applications of th<strong>in</strong> film. Thickness of films<br />

is about 515 nm. Refractive <strong>in</strong>dex of films is 1.7-1.8.<br />

Figure 1. TEM micrograph of ITO nanoparticles<br />

This study was f<strong>in</strong>ancially supported by TÜBİTAK (Turkey)<br />

as a research projects with grand no 107M253.<br />

* masilturk@<strong>in</strong>onu.edu.tr<br />

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6th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference, zmir, 2010 332

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