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Article: Advanced materials.(Highlights)
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- Chemistry and Industry
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- October 12, 2009
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Transparent conductive carbon nanotube films
Indium--tin oxide on glass or polyester is probably the most popular transparent conducting electrode. It finds use in heatable back windows in cars, Kugelrohr distills, liquid crystal displays, organic solar cells and organic light-emitting devices. A report by Blackburn and co-workers suggests an alternative to indium-tin oxide based on single-walled carbon nanotube films for making transparent conductive electrodes (J. L. Blackburn et al, Adv Mater 2009, 21, 3210).
Key to the success was the dispersion of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in water using sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, which turned out ...