A Composite of Two Dimensional Material and One Dimensional Material as Transparent Conductor

Professor Duan and colleagues have synthesized a transparent conductor exhibiting low overall sheet resistance and uniform surface conductivity based on the combination of a network of 1D (such as silver nanowires) and 2D nanomaterials (such as graphene or indium tin oxide). Transparent conductors based on 1D networks of nanowires offer low sheet resistance but typically do not form continuous or uniformly conductive surfaces while 2D films based on graphene (both solution processed and chemical vapor deposition grown) offer uniform surfaces but unsatisfactory sheet resistance. In this technology, UCLA researchers developed a transparent conductor with excellent uniform surface conductivity, and low overall sheet resistance that can be readily coated onto a variety of rigid and flexible substrates such as glass and plastic. The technology has wide applications for touchscreens, thin film solar cells, and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).

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Tech ID/UC Case

24565/2012-213-0

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