TY - JOUR
T1 - Transparent Conducting Films Based on Carbon Nanotubes: Rational Design toward the Theoretical Limit
AU - Ilatovskii, Daniil A.
AU - Gilshtein, Evgeniia P.
AU - Glukhova, Olga E.
AU - Nasibulin, Albert G.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Dr. D. Krasnikov and Dr. A. Goldt for fruitful discussions of the review and their valuable comments. D.A.I. and O.E.G. acknowledge the Russian Science Foundation (Project No. 21‐19‐00226). A.G.N. thanks the Council on grants of the President of RF. (grant No. НШ‐1330.2022.1.3).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. Advanced Science published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - Electrically conductive thin-film materials possessing high transparency are essential components for many optoelectronic devices. The advancement in the transparent conductor applications requires a replacement of indium tin oxide (ITO), one of the key materials in electronics. ITO and other transparent conductive metal oxides have several drawbacks, including poor flexibility, high refractive index and haze, limited chemical stability, and depleted raw material supply. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are a promising alternative for transparent conducting films (TCFs) because of their unique and excellent chemical and physical properties. Here, the latest achievements in the optoelectronic performance of TCFs based on SWCNTs are analyzed. Various approaches to evaluate the performance of transparent electrodes are briefly reviewed. A roadmap for further research and development of the transparent conductors using “rational design,” which breaks the deadlock for obtaining the TCFs with a performance close to the theoretical limit, is also described.
AB - Electrically conductive thin-film materials possessing high transparency are essential components for many optoelectronic devices. The advancement in the transparent conductor applications requires a replacement of indium tin oxide (ITO), one of the key materials in electronics. ITO and other transparent conductive metal oxides have several drawbacks, including poor flexibility, high refractive index and haze, limited chemical stability, and depleted raw material supply. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are a promising alternative for transparent conducting films (TCFs) because of their unique and excellent chemical and physical properties. Here, the latest achievements in the optoelectronic performance of TCFs based on SWCNTs are analyzed. Various approaches to evaluate the performance of transparent electrodes are briefly reviewed. A roadmap for further research and development of the transparent conductors using “rational design,” which breaks the deadlock for obtaining the TCFs with a performance close to the theoretical limit, is also described.
KW - carbon nanotubes
KW - chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
KW - optoelectronics
KW - transparent conductors
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U2 - 10.1002/advs.202201673
DO - 10.1002/advs.202201673
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131911961
SN - 2198-3844
VL - 9
JO - Advanced Science
JF - Advanced Science
IS - 24
M1 - 2201673
ER -