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Carbon Nanotube Films for Electronics

The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA in Stuttgart, Germany is researching transparent conductive films based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as an alternative to indium tin oxide (ITO) coatings. CNT coatings can be applied by conventional, less expensive coating techniques and on flexible substrates. Potential applications of CNT coatings include use in touch screens, e-papers, displays, transparent heaters, and electromagnetic shielding due to their mechanical strength, electrical conductivity, and transparency.

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Carbon Nanotube Films for Electronics

The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA in Stuttgart, Germany is researching transparent conductive films based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as an alternative to indium tin oxide (ITO) coatings. CNT coatings can be applied by conventional, less expensive coating techniques and on flexible substrates. Potential applications of CNT coatings include use in touch screens, e-papers, displays, transparent heaters, and electromagnetic shielding due to their mechanical strength, electrical conductivity, and transparency.

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F R A U N H O F E R - I N S T I T U T E F O R M A N U F A C T U R I N G E N G I N E E R I N G A N D A U T O M AT I O N I PA

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1 Carbon Nanotube (CNT) TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILMS BASED


2 Thermal imaging of a transparent
conductive heating coating
ON CARBON NANOTUBES FOR TOUCH-
SCREENS, E-PAPERS, OR EM-SHIELDING

Fraunhofer Institute for General Description become an interesting supplement or sub-


Manufacturing Engineering and stitute to ITO.
Automation IPA Based in Stuttgart, Germany, the depart-
ment “Process Engineering of Functional CNTs coatings can be applied on varying
Nobelstr. 12 Materials” is a research center for material substrates by means of conventional, less
70569 Stuttgart and process development. It is a pioneer expensive coating techniques in comparison
in the application development of carbon with ITO coatings
Directors: nanotubes (CNTs).
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. e.h. Dr. h.c. mult. Applications
Engelbert Westkämper Nowadays ITO, Indium Tin Oxide, is used
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Verl predominantly for the production of the Application possibilities are very broadly di-
transparent, electrically conductive coatings. versified. These coatings can serve as trans-
Contact: Besides rapid increase in price of raw materi- parent resistance heating or for example
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Ivica Kolaric, MBA als, ITO can not be evenly applied on highly also as EM-shielding. Transparent electrodes
Phone +49 (0)711 970 3729 curved or flexible substrates. for the display technology are equally reali-
[Link]@[Link] stic. By the use of flexible coatings, foldable
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) promise due to displays are also imaginable.
[Link] their exceptional properties, in particular
mechanical and electrical properties, to
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Possible applications of this new dispersion Benefits for Customers


are:
• Thin-film photovoltaics • Easy to apply, due to spraying, spin coa-
• Display technology - transparent elect- ting, screen printing or dip coating
rodes for displays, electroluminescence • Applicable on metal, ceramic and glass
displays substrates as well as on almost all poly-
• Transparent electrodes for touch screens mers
• Vehicle and automotive glazing - elec- • Material cost savings compared with ITO
trically heated coatings for windscreens • Very fast heating, due to low heat capa-
Diagram 1: (car, plane) city
Transparency in relation of electrical resis- • Transparent heat reflectors • Energy efficient, due to homogenous
tance of a Pdot Pss Coating • Application for lenses (e.g. eyeglass heat dissipation and high conductivity
lenses)
• Transparent electrodes for electrochromic
coatings Characteristic Data
• Transparent electromagnetic shielding
• Transparency:up to ~99%
• Conductivity: < 1Ω/Sq up till many kΩ/Sq
• Example value: 66,7 Ω/Sq with 60%
transparency
• ~ 0.01 € m² coating

Diagram 2: Transparency in relation of elec-


trical resistance of a CNT modified Pdot Pss
Coating

1 SEM image of a transparent con-


ductive film with carbon nanotubes
2 Thermal image of a CNT coating

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