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The search for an alternate TE other than ITO has led to the development of other TCOs. Al:ZnO (AZO) is another recent choice to be used as one of transparent electrodes (TEs). AZO has advantages like low cost and non-toxicity [1–4]. Another way of getting a more transparent TE is to use the dielectric/metal/dielectric sandwich structure [2, 6–8]. But this kind of triple or more layer structure leads to complexity as one need to deposit the thicker oxide layer in relatively high temperature before and after the metal deposition and also increase the total film-thickness, which is a shortcoming for flexibility.
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Ghosh, D.S. (2013). Ag/Al:ZnO Nano-Thick Bilayer TEs. In: Ultrathin Metal Transparent Electrodes for the Optoelectronics Industry. Springer Theses. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00348-1_6
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