Study on inverse spinel zinc stannate, Zn2SnO4, as transparent conductive films deposited by rf magnetron sputtering

Comparative study on structural, morphological and optical properties of Zn2SnO4 thin films prepared by r.f. sputtering using Zn and Sn metal targets and ZnO–SnO2 ceramic target

“…Their best result consist in a resistivity of 1.1 x 10 -2 Ωcm and a transmittance under 80% in the visible range [15].…”

Thermal Annealing Effects on the Characteristics of Transparent Semiconducting Zn2SnO4Thin Films Prepared by RF-Magnetron Sputtering with Powder Target

“…The high quality of ZTO thin films has been achieved by fabrication of RF-magnetron sputtering method and most of researches used ceramic ZTO as a target material in sputtering [10,11]. However, hot pressed or sintered ceramic targets may have a tendency to crack due to the localized thermal shock induced by the collisions of the energetic particles 180/ [684] G. J.…”

Hydrothermal synthesis of novel Zn2SnO4 octahedron microstructures assembled with hexagon nanoplates

“…ZTO has promising applications in photovoltaic devices, combustible gases and humidity detection, photo-electrochemistry, functional coatings, and transparent conducting electrodes owing to its good electron mobility, highelectrical conductivity, and low visible absorption [8][9][10][11][12][13]. Recently, such potential applications as electrode material for Li-ion batteries and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have been demonstrated [12,[14][15][16].…”

“…Recently, such potential applications as electrode material for Li-ion batteries and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have been demonstrated [12,[14][15][16]. In the literatures, ZTO has been prepared via thermal evaporation [7], high-temperature calcinations [17,18], sol-gel synthesis [10], ball-milling [19], chemical vapor deposition [20], radio frequency magnetron sputtering [13,21], hydrothermal reaction [12,[22][23][24] and thermal plasma [25]. However, it is difficult to obtain a single phase of ZTO by conventional solid-state reaction.…”