Material- and energy-efficient production of ultra-transparent conductive films based on rodlike conductive nanoparticles

The market for transparent and conductive layers has grown remarkably during the past few years. The key drivers were consumer electronics and photovoltaics. Recent developments show a trend for products which are bendable or have complex 3D surfaces. Such applications need flexible and transparent electrodes. The state of the art materials cannot satisfy the flexibility requirement. Most promising candidates are fibrous conductive materials like nanotubes or nanowires and their hybrids. The main interest of Fraunhofer IPA is to develop processes for coating, patterning and printing of these nanomaterials.