Development of silver-based multilayer coating electrodes with low resistance for use in flat panel displays

Multilayer coatings consisting of thin silver layers sandwiched between lay ers of transparent conducting metal oxides were investigated from the view- point of low-resistance electrodes for use in flat panel displays. Optimiza tion of the multilayer coatings resulted in a five-layer coating composed o f indium and zinc oxide composite material (IZO) and silver containing 1 wt % of palladium (Ag-Pd). The coatings had satisfactory properties of low res istance, high transmittance, high moisture and alkali resistance, and good patterning.