Transparent conductive materials: From fundamental understanding to applications

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physica status solidi (a)Volume 213, Issue 9 p. 2290-2290 PrefaceFree Access Transparent conductive materials: From fundamental understanding to applications First published: 12 September 2016 https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201670662Citations: 2AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL This special section was inspired by discussions at Symposium G of the E–MRS Fall Meeting 2015 on transparent conductive materials. Researchers from different disciplines gathered to present progress in transparent conductors based on very diverse materials: oxide films deposited in vacuum processes or sol–gel films prepared from the liquid phase, metal nanostructures from chemical synthesis or top–down fabrication, and graphene sheets. The special section brings together articles on some of these materials. Doped oxides constitute a major part of conductive materials in research and in the market, they are represented by articles on vacuum–deposited ZnO, In2O3, and Cu2O with both n– and p–type doping. The articles include systematic studies on the effect of deposition parameters and introduce innovations in deposition techniques. Scherg–Kurmes et al. (TU Berlin) 1 use a mesh to reduce ion damage in sputtering. Liquid-phase sol–gel routes appear as an alternative to vacuum processes, too, but their complexity often makes it challenging to create defined transparent thin films. Gómez–Núñez et al. (Barcelona) 2 show that simulations can help understanding the chemical details of film formation towards defined properties. Alternative transparent conductive materials with entirely different compositions have emerged in the last years. Metal nanostructures can be synthesized in solution and processed in vacuum processes, the contribution by Maurer et al. 3 uses both. Graphene has also emerged as a promising ultrathin conductive film, Piazza et al. 4 study the effect of oxygen on its conductivity. We are confident that transparent conductive materials will remain a dynamic field of research with contributions from many different disciplines and from both fundamental and applied approaches. It is remarkable how many startup companies have recently been founded in this field, and how strong the patenting activities still are. This special section provides technical foundations to some aspects of this exciting field. Guest Editors Daniel Bellet Tobias Kraus References 1 H. Scherg-Kurmes, A. Hafez, M. Siemers, A. Pflug, R. Schlatmann, B. Rech, and B. Szyszka, Phys. Status Solidi A 213(9), 2310– 2316 (2016). this issue 2 A. Gómez-Núñez, S. Alonso-Gil, C. López, and A. Vilà, Phys. Status Solidi A 213(9), 2329– 2335 (2016). this issue 3 J. H. M. Maurer, L. Gonzalez-Garcia, B. Reiser, I. Kanelidis, and T. Kraus, Phys. Status Solidi A 213(9), 2336– 2340 (2016). this issue 4 A. Piazza, F. Giannazzo, G. Buscarino, G. Fisichella, A. La Magna, F. Roccaforte, M. Cannas, F. M. Gelardi, and S. Agnello, Phys. Status Solidi A 213(9), 2341– 2344 (2016). this issue. Citing Literature Volume213, Issue9September 2016Pages 2290-2290 ReferencesRelatedInformation