Silver nanowire transparent electrodes for liquid crystal-based smart windows

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 337-341

  Hosseinzadeh Khaligh, Hadi ^a,b   Liew, Kelvin ^a   Han, Yining ^a   Abukhdeir, Nasser Mohieddin ^a,b   Goldthorpe, Irene A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Polymer dispersed liquid crystal; Silver nanowire; Smart window; Transparent electrode

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOWIRES; TIN OXIDES;

ELECTRO-OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; FABRICATION COST; MANUFACTURING COST; NANOWIRE ELECTRODES; POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS; SILVER NANOWIRES; SMART WINDOWS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

SILVER;

EID: 84907612742     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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