Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect Materials Today: Proceedings 4 (2017) 6060–6064 www.materialstoday.com/proceedings 2214-7853 © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and Peer-review under responsibility of International Conference on Science and Technology of the Emerging Materials. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and Peer-review under responsibility of International Conference on Science and Technology of the Emerging Materials. Keywords: Indium tin oxide; Glancing-angle deposition; Electron beam evaporation; Anti-reflection STEMa2016 Enhanced transmission based on vertically aligned ITO NRs deposited by Ion assisted electron beam evaporation with glancing angle deposition technique T. Chaikeeree a, *, P. Nuchuay a , N. Kasayapanand a , N. Mungkung b, *, S. Arunrungrusmi b , M. Horprathum c, *, P. Eiamchai c , S. Limwichean c , V. Patthanasettakul c , N. Nuntawong c , C. Oros d , S. Denchitcharoen e , B. Samransuksamer e and P. Chindaudom c a School of Energy, Environment and Materials, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand b Department of Electrical Technology Education, Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand c Optical Thin-Film Laboratory, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand d Faculty of Liberal-Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin, Nakornpathom 73170, Thailand e Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand Abstract In this study, we investigated the effects on the film thickness of the vertically aligned indium-doped tin oxide nanorods (ITO NRs). The ITO nanorods of deposited time at 180 to 780 sec were deposited on the silicon wafers and ITO-coated glass substrate by the ion-assisted electron-beam evaporation with the glancing-angle deposition technique. The physical microstructures and optical properties of the prepared samples have been investigated by grazing-incident X-ray diffraction (GIXRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), and spectrophotometry. From the results, the ITO nanorods indicated the bixbite structures. The FE-SEM micrographs showed the changes of the physical morphologies based on the increased film thickness. The angle-dependent transmission as measured from -80° to 80° incident angles demonstrated the increased optical transmission from the vertically aligned ITO nanorods, compared to that of the ITO-coated glass. The enhancement of the optical transmission was related to the anti-reflection and light-scattering properties of the ITO nanorods, and offered a great potential for solar cell applications. * Corresponding author. E-mail address: z_tanapott@live.com, narong_kmutt@hotmail.com, mati.horprathum@nectec.or.th