SBIR Phase I: Combinatorial Approach to the Discovery of Improved Transparent Conducting Oxides

SBIR 第一阶段：发现改进的透明导电氧化物的组合方法

• 批准号: 9960325
• 负责人: Randolph Treece
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: ITN ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-01-01 至 2000-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9960325&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Combinatorial; Approach; Discovery

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project is designed to discover improved transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) utilizing the combinatorial approach, and to develop an instrument capable of rapidly characterizing the TCO libraries. TCO thin films simultaneously display the properties of high optical transparency (90%) and near metallic conductivity that are important to many opto-electronic applications from photovoltaics to flat panel displays. Our three-phase plan is to use the combinatorial approach to identify the most promising combination of metal oxides, to determine the optimal oxygen doping of this compound, and then to develop a commercial-scale deposition process that can be used to manufacture millions of square feet of TCOs per month. The research described in this proposal will have a significant impact on the productivity and efficiency of TCO manufacturers by providing materials of superior performance and an instrument capable of screening large libraries of opto-electronic materials and devices that will be commercialized for the testing of wafers, films, and devices on the production-scale.

这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目旨在利用组合方法发现改进的透明导电氧化物(TCO)，并开发一种能够快速表征TCO库的工具。TCO薄膜同时具有高光学透明度(90%)和接近金属导电性的特性，这些特性对于从光伏到平板显示器的许多光电应用非常重要。我们的三阶段计划是使用组合方法来确定最有希望的金属氧化物组合，确定这种化合物的最佳氧掺杂，然后开发一种商业规模的沉积工艺，可以用于每月生产数百万平方英尺的TCO。本提案中描述的研究将对TCO制造商的生产率和效率产生重大影响，因为它提供了性能卓越的材料和能够筛选大型光电材料和器件的仪器，这些材料和器件将被商业化，用于测试生产规模的晶片、薄膜和器件。