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Transparent conductive carbon‐nanotube films directly coated onto flexible and rigid polycarbonate
Author(s) -
Hecht David S.,
Sierros Konstantinos A.,
Lee Roland S.,
Ladous Corinne,
Niu Chunming,
Banerjee Derrick A.,
Cairns Darran R.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of the society for information display
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1938-3657
pISSN - 1071-0922
DOI - 10.1889/jsid19.2.157
Subject(s) - polycarbonate , materials science , coating , carbon nanotube , indium tin oxide , electrode , electrical conductor , substrate (aquarium) , composite material , sputtering , nanotechnology , thin film , layer (electronics) , chemistry , oceanography , geology
— Carbon nanotubes have quickly emerged over the last several years as a potential candidate material to replace metal oxides in devices which require transparent and conductive electrodes. Typically, these materials are coated onto substrates such as PET and PEN for flexible electrodes and glass for rigid electrodes. Recently, there has been interest in more durable and lightweight substrates to replace glass, one such substrate being polycarbonate. Sputter coating of indium tin oxide onto polycarbonate leads to low conductivity and inconsistent results, due to out‐gassing and materials mismatch issues. In this work, it is shown that direct coating of carbon nanotubes onto polycarbonate leads to high‐performance films with facile manufacturing.