Continuous production of flexible carbon nanotube-based transparent conductive films

This work shows a simple, single-stage, scalable method for the continuous production of high-quality carbon nanotube-polymer transparent conductive films from carbon feedstock. Besides the ease of scalability, a particular advantage of this process is that the concentration of nanotubes in the film...

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Published in:Science and technology of advanced materials 2010-08, Vol.11 (4), p.045004-045004
Main Authors: Fraser, I Stuart, Motta, Marcelo S, Schmidt, Ron K, Windle, Alan H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
carbon
conductivity
nanotubes
transparency
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Summary:This work shows a simple, single-stage, scalable method for the continuous production of high-quality carbon nanotube-polymer transparent conductive films from carbon feedstock. Besides the ease of scalability, a particular advantage of this process is that the concentration of nanotubes in the films, and thus transparency and conductivity, can be adjusted by changing simple process parameters. Therefore, films can be readily prepared for any application desired, ranging from solar cells to flat panel displays. Our best results show a surface resistivity of the order of 300 Ω square -1 for a film with 80% transparency, which is promising at this early stage of process development.
ISSN:1468-6996
1878-5514
DOI:10.1088/1468-6996/11/4/045004