Abstract
Among the various applications of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that have been investigated since the discovery of their exceptional potential in the electronic field, great interest has been directed towards the creation of carbon-based materials capable of replacing Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) as a transparent electrode. Such transparent conductive films find application in touch panels, LCD screens, OLED displays, photovoltaic cells, and many others. This review presents a collection of techniques that have been proposed during the last decade for the modeling of carbon nanotube-based materials by means of equivalent electrical networks. These networks represent the electrical properties of CNT-based conductive thin films in a way that can be easily included in circuit simulators for the simulation-assisted design of the different devices under static and dynamic conditions.
Highlights
Modeling of CNT-Based TransparentThe remarkable electrical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have led to intense research in various fields of electronics for the development of materials and devices for a wide range of applications
Developing a reliable model for the simulation of an arbitrarily shaped transparent electrode made of CNT-based conductive films requires a valid representation of the conductive behavior of a randomly aligned network of differently sized carbon nanotubes
The topic has been widely covered by several reviews, which agree in classifying the modeling of CNTs in atomistic modeling, continuum modeling and hybrid atomistic–continuum mechanics modeling [13,15,16]. with respect to the equivalent circuit modeling, CNTs have often been described as transmission lines [17]
Summary
The remarkable electrical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have led to intense research in various fields of electronics for the development of materials and devices for a wide range of applications. Developing a reliable model for the simulation of an arbitrarily shaped transparent electrode made of CNT-based conductive films requires a valid representation of the conductive behavior of a randomly aligned network of differently sized carbon nanotubes. This implies having a solid model of the transport phenomenon, as related to the shape, chirality, quality, and quantity of nanotubes involved.
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