Dresden 2011 – scientific programme
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DS: Fachverband Dünne Schichten
DS 35: Plasmonics and Nanophotonics (jointly with HL and O)
DS 35.6: Talk
Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 18:30–18:45, GER 38
New transparent conductive metal based on polymer composite — •mehdi keshavarz hedayati1, mohammad jamali1, thomas strunkus2, vladimir zaporochentko2, franz faupel2, and mady elbahri1,3 — 1Nanochemistry and Nanoengineering, Institute for Materials Science, Faculty of engineering, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel — 2Multicomponent Materials, Institute for Materials Science, Faculty of engineering, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel — 3Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht GmbH, Institute of Polymer Research, Nanochemistry and Nanoengineering
Currently great efforts are made to develop new kind of transparent conductors (TCs) to replace ITO. In this regard different materials and composites have been proposed and studied including conductive polymers, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), metal grids, and random networks of metallic nanowires. But so far none of them could be used as a replacing material, since either they are either fragile and brittle or their electrical conductivity is below the typical ITO. Thin metallic films due to their high electrical conductivity could be one of the best replacing materials for ITO, however their poor transparency makes their application as TCs limited. Here we design and fabricate a new polymeric composite coating which enhances the transparency of the thin metal film up to 100% relative to the initial value while having a high electrical conductivity of typical metals. Therefore our proposed device has a great potential to be used as new transparent conductor.