Fabrication of transparent electrodes from AZO nanoparticles by pulsed laser annealing

We report on an approach for fabricating transparent electrodes on a plastic substrate by annealing AZO nanoparticles using a pulsed UV laser. For the resulting AZO film, the resistivity is 7.6 × 10
^-2
Ω-cm and the transmittance is over 80% within the wavelength from 400 to 800 nm. This method is straightforward and executable in the ambient environment and at room temperature.