EP0776383A1 - Substances et dispositifs electrochromiques, et procedes correspondants - Google Patents

Substances et dispositifs electrochromiques, et procedes correspondants

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EP0776383A1
EP0776383A1 EP95930870A EP95930870A EP0776383A1 EP 0776383 A1 EP0776383 A1 EP 0776383A1 EP 95930870 A EP95930870 A EP 95930870A EP 95930870 A EP95930870 A EP 95930870A EP 0776383 A1 EP0776383 A1 EP 0776383A1
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Nada A. O'brien
John G. H. Mathew
Bryant P. Hichwa
Thomas H. Allen
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
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    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
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  • the present invention relates to electrochromic and electrochromically active materials and devices and to methods and processes for making such materials and devices.
  • Electrochromic or electrochromically active (EC) materials change their refractive index (real and imaginary) as the result of a voltage potential-induced injection (or rejection) of ions induced by the application of an electric potential. Charge neutrality is maintained by a balanced and oppositely directed flow of electrons from the potential source. The change in refractive index results in a change in the transmission and/or the reflection characteristics of the film, often resulting in a visible change of color. So- called anodic and cathodic electrochromic materials/devices color when a positive or negative voltage of appropriate magnitude and duration is applied.
  • reversible electrochromic devices contain both a source of ions and a sink. Typically. this necessitates a multiple-material, multi-layer structure comprising electrochromic and ion conductive materials. See for example, Large Area Chromogenics: Materials and Devices for Transmittance Control. Ed. CM. Lampert and C.G. Granqvist. SPIE 1990.
  • the typical device structure used and the associated electrochemical processes are equivalent to those of a rechargeable battery for which the degree of color is an indication of the state of charge. Consequently, many of the electrochromic materials, fabrication methods and analysis techniques are similar or identical to those used for the manufacture of batteries.
  • FIGS. 1A and IB (collectively, FIG. 1) schematically depict key components of two common types of reversible EC devices. Please note, these figures are not to scale.
  • Layer thicknesses are chosen in part for ease of illustration and to help in distinguishing adjacent layers. Furthermore, except as noted, the cross-hatching is selected primarily merely to visually distinguish adjacent layers.
  • FIG. 1 A there is shown a typical laminated device 1 which incorporates polymer ion conducting material.
  • the laminated device 1 comprises supportive substrates 2 and 8, of material such as glass, at the opposite ends or sides thereof.
  • Conductor layers 3 and 7 on the interior sides of the substrates apply voltage from source 9 across the EC structure which is positioned therebetween.
  • the EC structure comprises an EC layer 6 next to the conductor layer 7, a so-called ion storage layer 4 next to the conductor layer 3 and polymer ion conducting layer 5 sandwiched between the EC and ion storage layers.
  • Suitable ion conductor polymer materials include proton conducting polymer such as poly AMPS (2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid) , and Li + conducting polymer such as PMMA (poly methyl methacrylate) doped with LiClO 4 .
  • the EC layer 6 is the primary electrochromic layer in that most of the color change occurs within this layer.
  • the ion conducting layer 5 which separates the EC layer and the ion storage layer functions both as an ion conducting layer and an electronic insulator.
  • Ion storage layer 4 functions as a sink and as a source of ions for the primary EC layer 6.
  • the ion storage layer 4 often is an EC material whose color change augments that of the primary EC layer 6. This can be achieved using an EC layer 6 that colors as the result of the injection of ions and an ion storage layer 4 of different EC material that colors upon the loss of the transported ions.
  • FIG. IB schematically illustrates a so-called solid state stack EC device 10.
  • the thin film device 10 comprises a substrate 12 of material such as glass; first conductor layer 13 on the substrate; ion storage layer 14 formed next to the conductor 13; electrochromic layer 16; ion conducting layer 15 between the electrochromic layer and the ion storage layer; second conductor 17; and a substrate 18 formed on the opposite end/side of the device from the substrate 12. As indicated in the figure, one or both the substrates may be used.
  • Voltage source 19 is connected to the conductors 13 and 17 for supplying the required voltage across the EC structure.
  • the arrows see also FIG.
  • ion conductor thin film materials include Ta 2 0 5 , MgF 2 , LiNb0 3 , etc.
  • both conductors 13 and 17, FIG. IB are transparent layers of material such as tin oxide SnO 2 , indium tin oxide (In 2 O 3 :Sn or ITO), fluorine-doped tin oxide (SnO 2 :F) , aluminum-doped zinc-oxide (ZnO:Al), etc.
  • tin oxide SnO 2 indium tin oxide (In 2 O 3 :Sn or ITO)
  • fluorine-doped tin oxide SnO 2 :F
  • ZnO:Al aluminum-doped zinc-oxide
  • one of the transparent conductors 13 or 17 typically is replaced with a reflective conductor layer, for example, a metal such as aluminum.
  • the other constituent layers preferably are transparent.
  • Examples of suitable materials for the electrochromic (electrochromic and ion storage) layers 14 and 16 (4 and 6) include WO 3 , MoO 3 , Nb 2 O 5 , V 2 0 5 , Cr 2 O 3 , TiO 2 , IrO 2 , NiO, Rh 2 O 3 , etc.
  • One suitable construction for device 10 uses a glass substrate; an ITO conductors); a nickel oxide (NiO) ion storage layer; a tantalum pentoxide (Ta 2 O 5 ) ion conducting layer; and a tungsten oxide (WO 3 ) electrochromic layer.
  • NiO nickel oxide
  • Ta 2 O 5 tantalum pentoxide
  • WO 3 tungsten oxide
  • electrochromic materials including the electrochromic components of the exemplary EC devices 1 and/or 10.
  • processes include sol-gel deposition, electrodeposition, and vacuum deposition techniques such as plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), electron beam evaporation, reactive ion plating, and reactive sputtering.
  • PECVD plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition
  • electron beam evaporation reactive ion plating
  • reactive sputtering reactive sputtering.
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,277,986 describes sol gel deposition of the tungsten oxide.
  • Reported advantages include low cost of operation, at least in part because the process can be effected at ambient atmospheric pressures, thus eliminating the time and expensive apparatus required for vacuum processing.
  • sol gel deposition requires the use of high temperatures to evaporate and decompose the solvent and organic materials, respectively. As a result, this approach is unsuitable for temperature-sensitive materials such as many plastics and for coating electrochromic layers/devices on plastics.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,282,272 describes the use of reactive evaporation for forming on a heated substrate a film of electrochromically active, amorphous WO, or of WO, containing TiO 2 , Ta 2 O,. Nb 2 O 5 , , V 2 0 5 . or B 2 O 3 .
  • Reactive evaporation has the advantage of high deposition rates, here about 5A/sec, but requires heating the substrate to elevated temperatures ranging from about 250°C to 350°C. which prevents coating electrochromic layers/devices on plastics.
  • PECVD Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of electrochromic transition metal oxide materials is described in U.S. Patent No. 4,687,560.
  • PECVD has the advantage of being a very high deposition rate process.
  • the '560 patent reports a deposition rate of about 4.75A/sec. for tungsten trioxide, WO 3 using this technique.
  • the '560 patent suggests the PECVD process may be used to coat electrochromic materials on temperature sensitive substrates such as plastics, because of the inherently low substrate heating associated with the process. However, this capability is unlikely.
  • exothermic reactions often occur in the deposition chamber during PECVD processing, causing substrate heating.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,451,498 describes the use of RF-excited reactive ion plating for forming anodically coloring materials (materials which "color" when a positive voltage is applied) in oxygen and water vapor atmospheres. Examples of such materials are iridium hydroxide and nickel hydroxide. The technique has not been shown to be viable at producing the remaining layers of an electrochromic device such as the cathodically coloring material, the conductive layers, etc.
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,189,550 reports the low temperature formation of crystalline electrochromic WO 3 thin films on glass and plastic substrates by RF ion-assisted evaporation.
  • WO 3 powder is evaporated onto an unheated substrate that is being bombarded with a stream of 200-300 eV oxygen ions.
  • Crystalline WO 3 is known in the art to show a large infrared reflection upon coloring and therefore is suitable for energy efficient electrochromic device applications.
  • electrochromic and ion conductive materials are not easily formed using the standard deposition processes. In part, this is the result of the fact that the structures of electrochromic and ion conductive materials simply are not well suited to the standard deposition techniques.
  • the present invention is embodied in a process suitable for forming electrochromic materials on one or more substrates, comprising traversing a substrate through physically separated deposition and reaction zones; at the sputter deposition zone, sputtering depositing at least one layer of material on the traversing substrate; at the physically separate reaction zone, reacting the deposited material on the traversing substrate, thereby converting the material to a thin coating of an electrochromic material or a material useful in an electrochromic device; and repeating the depositing and reacting steps to build up the thickness of the coating.
  • the process is well suited to the formation of composites or devices which include temperature sensitive components such as plastic substrates.
  • the present invention is embodied in a process for forming an electrochromic structure in situ in a vacuum processing chamber.
  • the process comprises: providing a plurality of deposition zones associated with a plurality of sputtering cathodes and at least one physically separate reaction zone associated with an ion source device; selectively operating the sputtering cathodes for depositing selected materials; selectively operating the ion source device for generating a reactive gas plasma for chemically reacting with selected ones of the deposited materials; and continuously traversing a substrate through the deposition zones and the at least one reaction zone for forming a first of an ion storage layer and an EC layer, forming an ion conductor layer, and forming the second of the ion storage layer and the electrochromic layer.
  • a first conductor layer is formed in situ on the outside of said first layer; and a second conductor layer is formed in situ on the outside of said second layer.
  • the conductor layer(s), are indium tin oxide, said first and second layers are selected from nickel oxide and tungsten oxide, and the ion conducting layer is tantalum oxide.
  • one of the conductor layers is reflective material such as the metal aluminum.
  • Presently preferred process parameters using the throw distances described herein and sputtering and reaction gases such as argon and oxygen are: system pressure of 20- 80 mtorr (millitorr); and reactive gas partial pressure of 7-40 mtorr.
  • the present invention is embodied in a composite which is a solid state stack electrochromic device, in a composite which is a stack of components suitable for a solid state stack electrochromic device, and in a composite which is a stack of components suitable for use in a laminated electrochromic device.
  • the composite comprises an ion storage layer and a conductor layer formed on a substrate in situ.
  • Another specific composite comprises an electrochromic layer and a conductor formed on a substrate in situ.
  • Another specific composite comprises a layer of ion storage material, an ion conducting layer and an electrochromic layer formed in situ.
  • Still another specific composite comprises a layer of ion storage material, an ion conducting layer and an electrochromic layer formed in situ, along with at least one conducting layer.
  • FIGS. 1A and IB are simplified cross-sectional schematics of representative electrochromic devices constructed respectively using polymer ion conducting material and thin film ion conducting material.
  • FIG. 2 depicts a magnetron-enhanced sputter system for forming electrochromic materials and devices.
  • FIG. 3 depicts the optical characteristics (colored or clear) of as-deposited WO 3 as a function of total pressure and oxygen partial pressure.
  • FIG. 4 depicts the change of optical density (OD) of as-deposited W0 3 films at 633 nm (nanometers) as a function of total pressure.
  • FIG. 5 depicts the distribution of deposition rates for as-deposited WO 3 films having different changes in optical densities, all measured at 633 nm.
  • FIG. 6 is a graph of the coloring and bleaching % transmission response at 633 nm for WO films formed using either low pressure (8 mtorr, Table Bl ) or high pressure (45 mtorr, Table B2).
  • the response is determined from the injection of protons in a 0.1 N HC1 solution and at the appropriate coloring and bleaching voltages of -0.5 V and + 1.0V respectively. Transmission measurements were taken while samples were still in acid.
  • the underlying ITO has a sheet resistance of 5 ohms per square. The area tested is ⁇ 1 cm .
  • FIG. 7 depicts the optical switching response at 550 nm of 3800 A thick W0 3 films prepared according to Example 1.
  • the area tested was 4 cm,; ITO sheet resistance was 5 ohms per square. Protonation took place in O.1N HC1 solution.
  • FIG. 8 depicts the % transmission of the films of FIG. 7 in air, for both colored and the bleached states.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates the optical switching response at 550 nm of 3500 A thick NiO films prepared according to Example 2. The area tested was 4 cm 2 ; the ITO sheet resistance was 15 ohms per square. Testing took place in 1.0M KOH solution.
  • FIG. 10 depicts the % transmission of the sample of FIG. 9 in air, for both colored and bleached states.
  • FIG. 1 1 depicts the optical switching response at 550 nm of 4400 A Nb 2 0 5 film prepared according to Example 4. The area tested was 4 cm 2 ; ITO sheet resistance was
  • FIGS. 12 and 13 are, respectively, a simplified schematic perspective view, partially cut away, and a simplified schematic horizontal cross-sectional view of one type of DC linear magnetron sputtering device used in the system and process of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 14 and 15 are, respectively, an exploded perspective view and an end view, partly in schematic, of one embodiment of a linear magnetron ion source device used in the sputtering system and process of the present invention.
  • MetaMode® sputtering system and associated processes which are described in detail in commonly assigned U.S. Patent Nos. 4,851,095 and 5,225,057, have been used to effect the controlled deposition and formation of refractory metal compounds such as oxides, nitrides, carbides, etc.
  • refractory metal compounds such as oxides, nitrides, carbides, etc.
  • the '095 patent and the '057 patent are incorporated by reference.
  • Section A discusses a specific example of a sputtering system, constructed and operating in accordance with the present invention, for forming electrochromically active materials and devices.
  • Section B discusses the typical process parameters used for forming optical thin films in the MetaMode® sputtering system described in the incorporated '095 and '057 patents, and the improvements and discoveries according to the present invention which specially adapt the MetaMode® sputtering system for forming exemplary electrochromically active materials, specifically W0 3 , in situ.
  • Section B includes process examples.
  • Section C describes additional examples of processes for forming electrochromically active materials as well as electrochromically active devices.
  • Sections D and E describe various additional embodiments of the present invention.
  • Section F summarizes certain advantages of the present invention.
  • Sections G and H disclose details of sputter deposition cathodes or devices and ion source devices which are described in the incorporated U.S. Patent 4,851,095 and which are suitable for use in the present system and process.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic horizontal cross-sectional view of one suitable embodiment 30 of a magnetron-enhanced reactive sputtering system, which is derived from the MetaMode® sputtering system and is used to form electrochromic coatings in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 describes a sputtering system having a rotating drum 34.
  • other system geometries can be used to practice the present invention, including the in-line system, the disc system and possibly the planetary system described in the incorporated '095 and '057 patents.
  • electrochromic fabrication process can be practiced utilizing the planetary system geometry; the issue is whether there is a need to form electrochromic devices on the non-planar substrate geometries such as convex and concave curves and tubes for which this systems are especially well suited.
  • the vacuum system 30 comprises an octahedral housing 32 having eight walls which define a vacuum chamber in which the drum 34 is mounted for rotation, as shown by the arrow, by conventional drive means.
  • the walls For convenient reference, we have designated the walls as #l-#8.
  • Mounted in the walls of the octahedral housing 32 are as many as five planar magnetron-enhanced sputter deposition devices 38-46 or "cathodes" of the type described in detail in the incorporated '095 and '057 patents.
  • each such cathode comprises a housing equipped with baffles 43 and with a magnet assembly 45, target 47, and a gas manifold 49 which ensures a uniform distribution of the sputtering gas at the target surface and hence a uniform coating.
  • Each cathode also comprises a DC power supply capable of delivering 1-10 kW (kilowatts) power.
  • the sputter cathodes are mounted at positions 1 -4 and 6, and a reactive ion source 48 of the type described in detail in the incorporated '095 and '057 patents is mounted in the housing at wall position #7.
  • a pair of vacuum source means preferably turbomolecular vacuum pumps 50 and 52, backed by mechanical pumps (not shown), are connected into the vacuum chamber, respectively, at position #5 (between the sputter cathodes at positions #4 and the ion source device) and at position #8 (between the reaction ion source and the sputter cathode at position #1).
  • the vacuum source means maintain the desired vacuum level in the chamber. Throttle valves facilitate control of the vacuum pumping process.
  • the sputtering cathode 46 is mounted at position #6, adjacent to the ion source. This positioning facilitates sputtering using metal targets to produce metal films, or using ceramic targets where no reaction zone is needed.
  • An example of the latter use is the formation of electrically conductive indium tin oxide using an indium tin oxide target, which does not require ion source operation.
  • the region of the vacuum chamber of FIG. 2 adjacent the reaction ion source 48 is a reaction zone and will be referred to here as the ion source or the ion source zone or the reaction zone.
  • the chamber regions adjacent the sputter cathode in walls 1 -4 and 6 are sputter deposition zones. With the exception of deposition zone #6, the deposition zones are separated from the reaction zone by the intervening exhaust connections to the vacuum pumps 50 and 52, which isolate adjacent regions from one another.
  • the rotating drum 34 mounts the substrates 36 and is rotated by motor means (not shown) at 20-100 rpm in front of the sputtering target(s) and the ion source, that is.
  • Reactive gas is injected in the vicinity of two long positively biased anode bars mounted in the racetrack region of the magnet assembly 45 to form a uniform plasma comprising electrons and ions in the reactive gas. Positively charged ions from the plasma are accelerated away from the bars and toward the drum 34 and the substrates 36 thereon and react with the metal layer previously on the substrates.
  • DC power within the approximate range 50-200 volts (V) potential, 1-5 amperes (A) current is supplied by the power supply between the bar anodes and system ground.
  • the thickness of the deposited material is completely reacted, for example, a deposited layer of silicon or titanium is completely converted to silicon oxide or titanium oxide.
  • the process parameters can be adjusted to effect partial reaction of the layer.
  • a major advantage of the present system and process reside in the separation of the deposition zone formed in front of the sputtering target from the reaction zone by use of differentially pumped regions.
  • the plasma formed in the sputtering zone(s) in front of the target(s) is non-reactive and allows sputtering from a metal target with high, "metal-like" deposition rates.
  • An intense plasma containing energetic reactive species is formed in the reaction zone using a relatively high reactive gas pressure.
  • Film deposi ⁇ tion and reaction take place by continuously and repetitively traversing (rotating or translating) the substrate sequentially through the deposition and reaction zones until the desired film thickness is obtained.
  • This repetitive metal deposition-metal reaction sequence is one of the main attributes of the MetaMode® sputtering system.
  • This method of deposition and reaction although certainly not limited to the formation of oxides, is particularly advantageous in the formation of oxides.
  • the presence of oxide on the surface of a metal sputter target reduces the rate of metal sputtered from the target. In the system 30, minimal target oxidation occurs and therefore, high metal sputter rates are maintained.
  • the substrate rotation and the separation of the metal target from the reactive gas results in low deposition temperatures so that heat sensitive substrates such as plastics can be coated.
  • a substrate-to-target distance of about 3 in. (inches) is preferred.
  • the two turbomolecular vacuum pumps each have 2200 liters/seconds pumping speed and, as mentioned, are backed by a mechanical pump. With appropriate adjustment of pumping speeds, the system can produce electrochromic materials of excellent optical qualities.
  • the working gas pressures vary over the range of about 20-80 mtorr, depending on the material to be deposited. Cathodic and anodic coloring materials have been successfully and reproducibly deposited.
  • the deposition rates using this MetaMode® sputtering system- derived system are higher than with conventional reactive sputtering techniques.
  • the process described herein can be used to form individual layers, groups of layers and solid state stack devices such as the solid state stack device 10 in situ within the chamber without breaking vacuum, for example, by forming the constituent layers sequentially on the substrate.
  • the solid state stack often comprises five layers (plus substrate(s)).
  • the two conductor layers of the five layer stack can be the same transmissive material and therefore where the other three layers are different materials, four (sputter) targets of the different materials are used. If all layers are different materials, five (sputter) targets are needed.
  • the system 30 and present process can be used to form individual layers and groups of layers of laminated devices such as the device 1.
  • the ion storage layer and associated conductor can be formed in situ on the associated substrate, and/or the EC layer and associated conductor layer be formed in situ on their associated substrate, preparatory to forming the ion conducting layer using other techniques and assembling the device.
  • up to five targets can be accommodated in the octagonal machine 30 shown in FIG. 2.
  • a key aspect of the present invention is the ability to fabricate electrochromic layers of either of the above types using the modified MetaMode® sputtering technique. High switching speeds, high coloration efficiency, good adhesion, and high durability films can be obtained by the present system and process.
  • films show a long memory, i.e., films remain in the electrochemically induced colored or bleached state for a long time, typically for 24 hours with minimum loss in optical density.
  • the clarity of the as-deposited film is enhanced by lowering the sputtering power and increasing the oxygen flow.
  • lowering the sputtering power decreases the deposition rate.
  • Increasing the oxygen flow tends to poison the sputter target and thereby decrease the deposition rate.
  • FIG. 3 summarizes the two critical parameters, total power and oxygen partial pressure, which affect the WO 3 formation process.
  • the open squares represent WO, films that were "clear" as-deposited.
  • the dark squares represent W0 3 films that were colored blue as-deposited.
  • the as-deposited coloring was the result of these films being substoichiometric tungsten oxide due to oxygen deficiency, not hydrated or protonated tungsten oxide due to residual water vapor in the coating system. These films showed poor to no optical modulation when proton injection/extraction was attempted.
  • FIG. 4 summarizes optical density values for all films. A normalized change in optical density calculation was used in which the optical density.
  • OD/d (log 10 T b , eached /T CO
  • the data depicted in the figure illustrate that films deposited at total pressures of less than 10 mtorr have low values of OD/d, while those deposited at higher pressures, over the approximate range 20 mtorr - 75 mtorr, have much higher normalized optical densities, on the order of 4.2-6.2.
  • the W atoms may be thermalized at the high pressures (>20 mtorr total pressure), forming a more open, less dense structure than is attained at the lower pressures ( ⁇ 20 mtorr total pressure).
  • FIG. 5 summarizes the distribution of deposition rates for films of different optical densities, deposited at different (high and low) pressures, using typical process parameters which are shown below, in Tables B l and B2. As indicated in this figure, high deposition rates still obtain at high pressures.
  • the high total or system pressures allow the use of high oxygen flow rates in combination with relatively overall low oxygen partial pressures.
  • the high oxygen flows provide sufficient oxygen to completely react the deposited film, while the low oxygen partial pressures (high argon partial pressures) allow the sputter target to operate unpoisoned, at or near the metal mode condition.
  • SCE SCE
  • 1.0V vs SCE was applied through the ITO to extract charge and bleach the film.
  • FIG. 6 depicts the optical transmission response (at 633 nm) for the samples of Tables Bl and B2 for one stepping voltage cycle.
  • TRANSMISSION (BLEACHED): 71 % TRANSMISSION (COLORED): 48 %
  • the deposition rate effectively is the formation rate, because the thickness of material deposited during each pass is reacted before the next pass.
  • layers of ion conductive materials layers of electrochromic materials such as the metal oxides tungsten oxide, W0 3 ; niobia (Nb 2 0 5 ); nickel oxide (NiO): iridium oxide (Ir0 2 ); and vanadia (V 2 O 5 ); molybdenum oxide (MoO 3 ); rhodium oxide (Rh 2 O 3 ), etc; and electrochromic devices can be formed by repetitively depositing the material from a target containing that material at the deposition zone, then reacting the material in the reaction zone, using gases such as Argon (Ar) and oxygen, respectively, as the sputtering and reactive gases.
  • gases such as Argon (Ar) and oxygen, respectively, as the sputtering and reactive gases.
  • the total system gas pressure typically is within the approximate range 20 mtorr - 80 mtorr with an oxygen partial pressure range preferably 20 - 50% of the total gas pressure.
  • the optimum conditions are often determined through a statistical design of experiment and vary from one material to the other as with any sputter deposition technique.
  • Typical cathode power and ion source current are within the ranges 1-5 kW and 1-3 A, respectively.
  • the drum speed can be as high as 100 rpm.
  • several methods can be used to achieve high pressures: by using vacuum pumps of relatively low pumping speeds, by using relatively higher gas flow rates, or by throttling the vacuum pumps (constricting the flow of gas into the pump). It is clear from the above description of the MetaMode® that numerous embodiments are possible with respect to electrochromic layers and devices.
  • a cathode at position 3 of system 30, FIG. 2 was fitted with a tungsten (W) metal target of dimensions 12.75" x 5.75" x 0.25". Substrates including plastic, glass and conductive plastic or glass are placed on the drum. The chamber is then pumped to a vacuum level of al least 1 X 10 ⁇ 6 torr. The drum is rotated at 100 rpm. An 800 seem Ar flow rate is injected uniformly and at close proximity to the surface of the W target (cathode position 3). The turbomolecular pumps are throttled to obtain a total gas pressure of 30 mtorr.
  • a standard pre-sputtering procedure (W sputter cathode power 1 kW; W target shielded; drum rotation 100 rpm) is applied for approximately 5 minutes to burn off any surface contaminants.
  • the target is conditioned by introducing 500 seem O 2 (equivalent to 20 mtorr pressure) at the ion source while the W target is still powered and shielded and the drum is rotated as at its pre-set speed. After the target voltage has stabilized the ion source current is set at the desired level and the shield to the W target is opened.
  • a film of stoichiometric W0 3 3800 A thick was formed (W deposited and converted to WO 3 ) at a rate of 2 Angstroms per second (31 minute, 40 second coating time).
  • the process conditions are summarized in Table Cl below.
  • the resulting stoichiometric W0 3 film was clear and colored deep blue when tested for electrochromic activity by applying suitable switching voltage. Switching between clear and colored states was fast, as exhibited by the switching curve of FIG. 7.
  • the optical transmission values for the clear and colored states are shown in FIG. 8.
  • CATHODE POWER 1 kW SPUTTER GAS: Ar SPUTTER GAS FLOW RATE): 800 seem ION SOURCE CURRENT (Amperes): 1 A REACTION GAS(ES): 2 REACTION GAS(ES) FLOW RATE: 500 seem TOTAL GAS PRESSURE: 50 mtorr DRUM DIAMETER (Inches): 34 in. DRUM ROTATION SPEED: 100 rpm TARGET-TO-SOURCE (Inches): 3 in. DEPOSITION * RATE: (A/time) 2 A/sec RBS DENSITY (% Bulk) 80 %
  • Nickel oxide was deposited/formed using a nickel (Ni) target of dimensions similar to the above W target dimensions.
  • Ni nickel
  • the overall process is as described above.
  • the specific process parameters are summarized in Table C2.
  • CATHODE POWER 2 kW SPUTTER GAS: Ar SPUTTER GAS FLOW RATE): 1000 seem ION SOURCE CURRENT (Amperes): 3 A REACTION GAS(ES): o 2 REACTION GAS(ES) FLOW RATE(S): 500 seem TOTAL GAS PRESSURE (mtorr): 20 mtorr DRUM DIAMETER (Inches): 34 in. DRUM ROTATION SPEED: 100 rpm TARGET-TO-SOURCE (Inches): 3 in.
  • Tantala was formed using a tantalum (Ta) target of dimensions similar to the above W target dimensions.
  • the overall process is as described above relative to the tungsten oxide and niobium oxide examples.
  • the specific process parameters are summarized in Table C3.
  • Ta 2 O 5 is an ion conductive material useful in electrochromic devices. Its properties are optimized for highest ion conductivity and lowest electron conductivity with respect to full EC device performance tested over a long period of time.
  • Nb 2 O 5 was formed using a niobium (Nb) target of dimensions similar to the above
  • the total gas pressure was obtained by throttling the turbomolecular pumps.
  • the niobium oxide film formed was clear and colored grey-black when tested for electrochromic activity in O. IN HCl solution at the appropriate voltage levels. Switching between the clear and colored states over five cycles is shown in FIG. 1 1.
  • Water vapor or any hydrogen-containing or carrying gas may be added to the oxygen, forming hydrated tungsten oxide, niobium oxide, etc. (H x . W0 3 . Nb 2 O ⁇ ⁇ 2 O). These are reduced states of the oxide and are colored. They may also be added to NiO or IrO 2 forming hydrated layers which are clear.
  • the present system 30 and the associated process are not limited to the use of oxides.
  • the system 30 and process may be used to make host materials other than oxides, such as chalcogenides (sulfides, selenides, etc.), which show an optical modulation in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • the reactive gas at the ion source will then be a sulfur or selenide carrying compound (hydrogen sulphide, H S, etc.).
  • nitrides, oxynitrides, carbides, and other compounds of various metals can be coated in the system using the appropriate metal target and gas combination.
  • Such layers can function as adhesion layers, barrier layers, etc. in electrochromic devices and are known to those of usual skill in the art.
  • Binary or ternary metal compounds may be formed by co-sputtering more than one target.
  • Lithium (Li) doped targets, as well as sodium (Na) and potassium (K) doped targets may be sputtered when non-protic devices are coated.
  • Non-protic devices incorporate mobile ions such as Li + , Na ⁇ or K * instead of H + .
  • Compound targets may also be used. If the material is insulating as in the case of common ion conductive materials such as lithium niobate, LiNbO 3 , or lithium tantalate, LiTaO 3 . an rf power supply should be used. The ion source may then be used to recover the oxygen deficiency that normally results from sputtering using oxide targets.
  • the compounds Mo x W,. x 0 3 and Nb x W,. 0 3 can be formed using argon sputter gas and oxygen reactive gas and the respective targets Mo x W,. x and Nb x W,. x .
  • the present improved MetaMode® sputtering system and process may be used as a conventional magnetron reactive sputtering system for coating electrochromic layers (or other layers of an electrochromic device) where desirable or necessary for a particular chemistry and structure.
  • the reactive gas may be introduced at the sputter target and the ion source eliminated (or not operated).
  • a ceramic target of material such as LiNbO 3 or Nb 2 0 5 may be used whereby the ceramic material is co-sputtered directly on the substrate, without using an ion source.
  • a combination of the MetaMode® magnetron- enhanced sputtering system and traditional reactive sputtering systems is also possible.
  • the drum may be selectively biased electrically to selectively bombard the substrate with positive or negative species.
  • the purpose will be apparent to one of usual skill in the sputtering art because this approach gives the films a specific property than is otherwise unattainable.
  • the target-to-substrate distance may be varied, thereby modifying the process. Typically, decreasing the throw distance decreases atomic scattering and results in more dense films, while increasing the throw distance increases atomic scattering and so results in more porous films.
  • the process parameters given in the preferred embodiment below, will be readily changed by one of usual skill in the art to which this invention pertains.
  • the present invention is not specifically directed to the fabrication of crystalline electrochromic materials, the present invention can be readily modified to produce crystalline materials.
  • the phrase “intentional heating” includes radiant, convection, induction and conduction heat sources such as direct-heating radiant lamps, indirect radiant-heated susceptors (substrate supports) and RF-coupled susceptors. The process forms compounds without the high temperatures required in conventional reactive evaporation, reactive sputtering and CVD processes.
  • the present (apparatus and) process in which pure metal is sputtered and subsequently converted to an insulating compound such as oxide or nitride, is more energy efficient than direct sputtering of the compound.
  • a major reason is that the sputtering rates of pure metals are higher than the sputtering rates for corresponding insulating metal compounds.
  • the energy efficiency of the present process is several times higher, i.e., 4 or 5 times, than that for direct sputtering of the insulating compound.
  • the electrical energy required by the present sputtering process for deposition of a compound film is 20-25% of that required by direct sputtering of the compound.
  • a portion of the energy dissipated in a sputtering process is delivered to the substrate on which the sputtered film is formed.
  • the energy which reaches the substrate is radiation from the heated surfaces of the sputter target and surrounding apparatus and the conduction from the heated gases and plasma that reside between the target and the substrate and, in the present process, between ion source and the substrate.
  • the lower energy requirement of the present process results is lower substrate heating. Therefore. plastics can be easily coated with rugged insulating metal compound films using th present process.
  • All layers of a solid state electrochromic device may be deposited in sit without breaking vacuum, that is, in one vacuum/one machine.
  • the process can be easily scaled up (or down) with the retention of fil uniformity over the entire substrate.
  • Rf power supplies may be used to sputter insulating materials, i.e., fo direct, non-reactive, sputtering of insulating compounds from targets.
  • non protic devices such as Li +" , Na + ' , or K + " based devices may be manufactured.
  • binary or ternary metal oxides can be forme using the present system and process. These materials include mixtures or compounds o two, three, or more metal oxides.
  • the materials can be formed as electrochromic layers or as ion conductor, electron insulator layers.
  • Odd shaped substrates such as curved surfaces can be coated uniforml using the appropriate tooling, as discussed in the incorporated '859 and '057 patents.
  • FIGS. 12 and 13 schematically illustrate one type of DC magnetron sputterin device 130 which is described in the incorporated '095 patent and can be used as the sputte cathodes and even as the ion source device.
  • the sputtering device 38-46, FIG. 2 13 comprises a housing which mounts a cathode 131 and forms a front, reactive gas baffle 13 having an opening 136 which is selectively closed by shutter (not shown).
  • Cathode 13 is connected to a power supply 133 for applying a negative voltage to the cathode relative to the baffle 132, which is at anode potential (usually ground).
  • Permanent magnets are mounted within the cathode body for supplying a magnetic field B of rectangular racetrack configuration along the surface of the target 134 and perpendicular to the applied electric field.
  • Manifold tubes 137 are situated adjacent the target 134 and are connected to a source of gas for supplying reactive gas such as oxygen or an inert working gas such as argon to the sputter chamber defined by baffle 132 and target 134.
  • the device is cooled by water which is supplied via inlet 138 and circulated to an outlet (not shown).
  • the baffles 132 in the individual sputter devices 130 divide the overall processing chamber into different regions or sub-chambers at each sputterer in which different gas atmospheres and/or gas partial pressures can be established.
  • Compounds, etc., such as oxide dielectric films can be formed using the linear magnetron sputter devices 130 at the sputter deposition zones and using a different type of device, such as the ion source device 140 which is described in the next section, at reaction zone(s).
  • a different type of device such as the ion source device 140 which is described in the next section
  • the sputter device and the ion source device are enclosed in distinct partial pressure regimes or chamber regions between which the substrate is alternated by the continuously rotating drum.
  • baffled magnetron cathodes 130 When baffled magnetron cathodes 130 are used both to sputter and to oxidize, the cathodes are operated at relatively high power density in an oxygen ambient within the processing chamber using a target designed for sputtering the selected metal such as silicon or tantalum.
  • the baffle-separated magnetron cathodes which are used at the reaction zones for (metal) deposition are operated in a relatively low reactive gas (oxygen) partial pressure environment, for operating in a metal mode and depositing metal at consequentially high rates.
  • the low oxygen partial pressure is supplied by flowing inert working gas such as argon into the chamber area via manifolds 137.
  • baffled magnetron cathode 128 is operated at relatively higher reactive gas partial pressure and sputter deposits the metal at a much lower rate on the moving substrates but oxidizes the metal at a much higher rate.
  • the lower rate target adds little to the overall deposition rate and thus does not affect control, but does produce a highly reactive plasma which allows the chamber oxygen to readily react with the growing thin film and, as a result, permits the use of a relatively low overall chamber oxygen partial pressure, which enhances cathode stability and rate.
  • FIGS. 14 and 15 depict a linear magnetron ion source 140 which is described in the incorporated '095 patent and can be used as the ion device to provide a narrow vertically elongated reaction zone.
  • the linear magnetron ion source device 140 uses electrons associated with the sputtering plasma to generate ions from a reactive gas in a separate local plasma. These ions bombard the sputter-deposited material on the substrates and thus form compounds with the sputtered material.
  • the ion source device 140 can use the cathode assembly 131 and the housing 132 shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 (for clarity, housing 132 is deleted in FIGS. 14 and 15).
  • direct-cooled cathode 131 includes an 0-ring seal 141 and tapped holes 142 in the face to insulatingly mount a non-magnetic stainless steel cover plate 143 in place of target 134 to seal water circulation channel 145 in the cathode body.
  • cathode 131 also incorporates permanent magnets (not shown) which provide a magnetic field B of elongated rectangular "race track" configuration 144 along plate 143 when the plate is assembled to the cathode.
  • the ion source 140 is mounted adjacent the periphery of the rotatable substrate carrier 114 with its long direction or axis 140L parallel to axis 1 16A of the carrier 1 14, and the width or short axis 14OW parallel to the circumference and the direction of rotation 1 16P, of the carrier.
  • a pair of stainless steel bar anodes 146-146 are mounted along the elongated opposite sides of the magnetron race track 144 on posts 147 which themselves are mounted to the non-magnetic plate.
  • the anodes 146 are insulated from the posts 147 and plate 143 by insulator stand-offs 148 having relatively small sections which extend into holes 149 in the bar anodes 146 and larger bottom sections which serve to precisely space the anodes from the stainless steel plate 143, as shown in FIG. 15.
  • the posts 147 are inserted through the stand-offs 148 and through the holes 149 in the bar anodes 146, and are secured by nuts 151.
  • Each anode 146 is a straight bar which is slightly shorter than the long side of the magnetron race track 144.
  • Each anode's curved, generally cylindrical outer-facing surface 152 conforms closely to the shape of the magnetic field lines, B, FIG. 15.
  • the anodes 146 are connected through wire leads 153 to a conventional power supply 154 capable o providing several amps current.
  • insulating beads 156 are mounted along the section of the leads 153 within the housing to isolate the leads from the plasma and prevent discharge at the wire.
  • the mounting location or station of the linear magnetron ion source 140 is outside the deposition zones but within the associated plasma, which extends essentially throughout the vacuum sputtering chamber.
  • the power supply 154 is used to maintain the stainless steel bar anodes 146 at a positive DC voltage of relative to the cathode 131 and the stainless steel plate 143, which are at system ground and at an even greater positive potential with respect to electrons in the surrounding plasma.
  • the curved surfaces 152 of the anodes provide electric field lines E which are substantially perpendicular to the magnetic field lines B.
  • Electrons in the associated plasma are accelerated towards the positive anodes 146 and are trapped or confined by the resultant E x B field along the magnetron race track, greatly enhancing the probability of collisions with the reactant gas supplied via adjacent inlet manifolds 157, and thereby generating an intense plasma defined by the race track configuration 144. That intense plasma generates many ions from the reactant gas which are accelerated away from the anodes 146 by the potential gradient existing between the anodes and the background plasma and toward the substrates to enhance the reaction process, e.g. , to enhance oxidation of sputtered metals using oxygen as the reactant gas.
  • the elongated inverse linear magnetron ion source 140 provides an intense long narrow reaction zone defined by the magnetron race track 144 to have the long dimension thereof spanning substantially the height of the substrate carrier drum 34 and the narrow dimension thereof defined along the circumference of the carrier parallel to the direction of rotation.
  • ion source 140 has a reaction zone which is only about approximately five to ten inches wide and occupies a small fraction of the circumference of the presently used 34 inch diameter drum 34, yet due to the intense magnetic field-enhanced plasma reaction, completely reacts/oxidizes the deposited thin film in, typically, a single pass.
  • the small ion source cathode size and the fast reaction rate provide unique upward scaling capability, enabling the use of a multiple number of sputtering cathodes and oxidation reaction cathodes to provide high rate, high volume, high throughput deposition and versatility in the selection of the composition of the deposited coatings.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé de fabrication à cadence élevée de couches ou de dispositifs électrochromiques à basses températures de formation de dépôt. Le procédé utilise une technique de pulvérisation cathodique à accélération par magnétron. Selon cette technique, un substrat (36) et mis en rotation devant des cathodes de pulvérisation (38, 40, 42, 44, 46) et devant une source à ions réactifs (48) permettant de former par dépôt un dispositif électrochromique. Pour former par reproduction des substances et dispositifs électrochromiques dotés d'excellentes propriétés optiques et physiques, le procédé nécessite une pression système élevée et des débit importants de gaz de réaction, pour des pressions partielles relativement faibles du gaz de réaction au niveau des cathodes de pulvérisation (38, 40, 42, 44, 46).
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