Durability of Indium Tin Oxide-Silver-Indium Tin Oxide Films against Moisture Investigated Through The Wettability of The Top Oxide Layer

Abstract

With good wettability, the top oxide layer of oxide-Ag-oxide depositions can resist the moisture penetration, and consequently is able to prevent the degradation and enhance the durability of oxide-Ag-oxide depositions. The wettability of the top oxide on the Ag layer is determined according to the contact angle evaluated from the Young’s equation. Before the evaluation, the vOCG’s approach with the three-liquids-method is used to estimate the surface or interface energy of the films.