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ITO (Indium Tin Oxide)

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Indium tin oxide coated glass is the most popular substrate for Transparent and Conductive Oxide (TCO) substrates. ITO is widely used in electrodes for photovoltaic/solar cells, LCD display etc. ITO glass can be fabricated via physical vapor deposition such as sputter coating or via liquid phase deposition e.g., spin coating and dip coating.  MSE Supplies offers various ITO products including ITO sputtering target for sputter coating and ITO nano powder for emulsions used in liquid phase deposition. MSE Supplies also offers ITO coated glass with different resistance, size and customized ITO patterns. ITO Nano powder ITO dispersion liquid/ colloid is...

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Comparing ITO, FTO and AZO Films as Transparent Conductive Oxides (TCOs)

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Transparent conductive oxides (TCO) are doped metal oxides used in optoelectronic devices such as flat panel displays, photovoltaics (including inorganic solar cells, organic solar cells, and dye-sensitized solar cells), and as thin film electrodes in sensors.  Sputtering-coated ITO (indium tin oxide), FTO (fluorine doped tin oxide) or AZO (aluminum-doped zinc oxide) films on glass or other substrates are typical transparent conductive oxides (TCO) substrates with ITO being the most commonly used.  ITO coated glass can only be heated to 350 deg. Celsius, while FTO coated glass can be exposed to up to 600 deg. Celsius. High quality NSG TEC7, TEC8 and TEC15 FTO glass substrates are available at...

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The Best Method to Detect Defects in Gallium Nitride? Light

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Researchers at Tohoku University have discovered a method to quickly, cost-effectively, and non-destructively detect carbon impurities in nitride-based crystals that are used in electrical and optical devices such as LEDs and transistors.  Light can be used to analyze the crystals for defects through omnidirectional photoluminescence (ODPL) spectroscopy, which is a marked improvement over the current methodologies available to the semiconductor industry.  ODPL illuminates the crystal, in this case gallium nitride (GaN), and is absorbed by it, exciting the electrons within.  When they return to their ground state, the crystal emits light to dissipate the absorbed energy.  Spectroscopy will then determine...

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[Science] New research enables large-scale manufacture of low-cost, printable perovskite solar cells

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  The new perovskite solar cells have achieved an efficiency of 20.1 per cent and can be manufactured at low temperatures, which reduces the cost and expands the number of possible applications. Credit: Kevin Soobrian   A U of T Engineering innovation could make printing solar cells as easy and inexpensive as printing a newspaper. Dr. Hairen Tan and his team have cleared a critical manufacturing hurdle in the development of a relatively new class of solar devices called perovskite solar cells. This alternative solar technology could lead to low-cost, printable solar panels capable of turning nearly any surface into a power...

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Smart windows startup, View, gets $100M megafunding. Smart Windows Market Expected To Grow to More Than $5.8 Billion by 2020

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Milpitas, CA based smart windows startup, View, gets $100M megafunding, which adds to the total funding of View to half a billion dollars so far. The smart windows that companies like View has been developing is far more expensive than traditional architectural glass but tints automatically, and is considered to be less costly in the long run. According to IndustryARC, the global smart glass market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 20% to reach more than $5.8 billion in revenue by 2020.  But what are the driving forces for the rapid growth of the smart windows market?   Disruptive technologies...

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