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Transparent Conducting Coatings Made from Redispersable Crystalline Nanoscaled Powders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

C. Goebbert
Affiliation:
Department of Coating Technology
H. Bisht
Affiliation:
Department of Coating Technology
R. Nonninger
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Technology of Non-metallic Inorganic Materials INM-Institut für Neue Materialien, Im Stadtwald, Gebäude 43, D-66123 Saarbrücken, GERMANY
M. A. Aegerter
Affiliation:
Department of Coating Technology
H. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Technology of Non-metallic Inorganic Materials INM-Institut für Neue Materialien, Im Stadtwald, Gebäude 43, D-66123 Saarbrücken, GERMANY
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Abstract

A new wet chemical concept is presented for the preparation of electrically conducting SnO2:Sb (ATO) and In2O3:Sn (ITO) coatings. It is based on the deposition by spin, dip or spray techniques of a solution containing crystalline nanoscaled particles fully redispersable in a solvent. The particle synthesis is carried out in a solution at temperatures < 200 °C by a controlled growth reaction using SnCl4 and InCl3 as precursors and SbCl3 and SnCl4 as dopant, respectively. The aggregation of the particles is avoided by in-situ surface modification with bifunctional organic molecules. After drying the nanocrystalline particles can be fully redispersed in ethanol at pH < 6 (for ITO) or water at pH > 8 (for ATO) with solid contents up to 8.8 vol. %. Single layers with thickness up to 200 nm (ATO) and 400 nm (ITO) have been fabricated. Their sheet resistance decrease with the sintering temperature. Typical lowest values are 430 Ω (550 °C) for ATO and 90 Ω (900 °C) for reduced ITO. The resistivity of as fired ATO and ITO coatings is stable but it slightly increases with time for ITO in the reduced state. All coatings have a transmission in the visible range of about 90 %. Anti-glare conducting coatings on glass with 70 GU as well as antistatic coatings (R ≈ 1 MΩ) on polycarbonate substrates have been obtained with chemically modified ITO suspensions.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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