Towards low cost materials and methods for transparent electrodes

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-68

  Kulkarni, Giridhar U ^a   Kiruthika, S ^a   Gupta, Ritu ^a,b   Rao, K D M ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; COSTS; FILM GROWTH; OXIDE FILMS;

GROWING DEMAND; LOW COSTS; MATERIALS AND PROCESS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING FILMS; TRANSPARENT DEVICES;

TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

EID: 84925680121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2015.03.001     Document Type: Review

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