Investigation of ZnS-SiO2/Ag/ZnS-SiO2 as high stable transparent and conductive multilayer films

► Novel transparent conductive ZnS-SiO2/Ag/ZnS-SiO2 multilayer films were prepared. ► The structure was theoretically designed using the characteristic matrix theory. ► The sample showed a low Rs of 9.7 Ω/sq and a high transmittance of 88.4%. ► The samples were assessed by an accelerated aging test and showed high stability.