TEC 7 Fluorine Doped Tin Oxide (F-SnO2 or FTO) transparent conductive substrate, FTO TEC 7 glass substrate

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Free Samples are available upon request for preliminary testing.

FTO Patterns can be custom made based on customer requirements.

Specifications of TEC7 glass:

Glass: Pilkington NSG TEC Glass TEC 15 (12-15 ohm/sq) and TEC 7 (7-8 ohm/sq), other types are available upon request.
TEC 7 offers the lowest resistivity value in the NSG TEC range. Combined with relatively low haze, it can be used for a wide range of applications.
TEC 15 is the best choice for applications requiring passive condensation control and thermal performance with low-emissivity and clear color-neutral appearance.
Glass Transition Temperature: 564°C (1,047°F ) for soda-lime glass substrate
Typical Dimensions: 1" x 1" (25 mm x 25 mm), 2" x 2", 4" x 4", can be customized to any size specified by the customer.
Glass thickness: 2.2 mm, FTO glass with other sizes are available upon request
Special Patterns: can be customized according to customer provided drawings.
Sheet resistance: 7-8 ohm/sq
Etching Capability: Laser etching or wet etching for detailed patterns. Both techniques have a resolution of +/- 50um.
Nominal FTO film thickness: 680 nm
Surface roughness of the FTO film: RMS 15~20 nm
Visible Light Transmittance: >80% (80-84%)
UV Transmittance: >46%
Haze: < 1.5%
Emissivity (EN 12898): 0.10
Maximum operating temperature: Although the FTO film can be heated up to 700°C, the soda lime glass (SLG) substrate has a glass transition temperature of 564°C. The recommended maximum operating temperature for FTO coated SLG substrates is up to 550°C.

Country of Origin: USA

transmittance spectra of ITO glass, TEC 7 FTO glass and TEC 15 FTO glass

Source of transmittance spectra data: "Electrode Design to Overcome Substrate Transparency Limitations for Highly Efficient 1 cm2 Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells", Joule, Volume 2, Issue 12, 19 December 2018, Pages 2694-2705

FTO coated conductive glass substrates (TEC 7 Glass)
Grade (ohm/sq)	Size: L x W (mm)	Thickness (mm)	Minimum of Order	Prices of non-etched ($/sheet)	Prices of etched pattern ($/sheet)
7-8	10x10	2.2	100 sheets	1.89	POD
7-8	25x25	2.2	100 sheets	2.45	POD
7-8	50x50	2.2	50 sheets	5.58	POD
7-8	100x100	2.2	25 sheets	11.96	POD

*POD - For Price On Demand, Contact Us

Applications for 7-8 Ohm/Sq FTO TEC 7 Glass

High quality sputtered fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) films can be used as electrodes for thin film photovoltaic /solar cells (dye-sensitized cells, organic solar cells), LED display, electrochemical deposition, capacitors, Infrared detection, energy-saving windows, RFI/EMI shielding and other electro-optical and insulating applications. Fluorine doped tin oxide is relatively stable under atmospheric conditions, chemically inert, mechanically hard and abrasion tolerant, high-temperature resistant and has lower cost than indium tin oxide (ITO).

FTO is well recognized as an attractive material because it is relatively stable under atmospheric conditions, chemically inert, mechanically hard, high-temperature resistant, and has a high tolerance to physical abrasion.

Customer Testimonials

"I very much appreciate the great customer service and rapid processing time for customized FTO glass slides. The substrates are very uniform and the thickness is perfect for electrochemical depositions and SEM imaging! I highly recommend all electrochemists to buy their substrates from MSE Supplies."

-Dr. Agnes Thorarinsdottir, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

Carlos Biaou, a PhD student at UC Berkeley worked with MSE Supplies to fabricate several hundred customized ITO and FTO substrates for his thesis research, and he had a very positive feedback on the products and services he received from MSE Supplies.

"The uniformity of the ITO and FTO layers were excellent, and the custom pattern I ordered was well formed."
"The variation in size from substrate to substrate is within the margins of errors I needed, so that's great too."
"I appreciate the great customer service and diligence you've shown in customizing my substrates."

Dr. Selma Duhovi from MIT has used the ITO and FTO substrates provided by MSE Supplies for smart glass application, and has been very satisfied with the products and services provided by MSE Supplies.

"The FTO and ITO glass slides you sent me work GREAT!"
"The substrates work really well for smart glass application."
"The experiments have gone well!"

Typical Academia Customers

NREL, PNNL, UC Berkeley, Stanford, UCLA, Caltech, MIT, Yale, University of Michigan, Cornell, University of Chicago, State University of New York (SUNY), McMaster Univ., National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Cambridge University, etc.

FTO Glass Substrates Related Publications

Rapid Flame-annealed CuFe2O4 as Efficient Photocathode for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7, 6, 5867-5874, PARK, SANGWOOK & Baek, Jihyun & Zhang, Liang & Lee, Jae Myeong & H Stone, Kevin & Cho, In Sun & Guo, Jinghua & Jung, Hyun & Zheng, Xiaolin. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b05824

"Synthesis of CuFe2O4 Film on FTO Substrate by Flame and Furnace. All samples were prepared on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) coated-glass substrates (TEC 7, 78"/sq, MSE Supplies).The FTO substrates were cleaned in acetone, IPA, and DI water, with sonication for 15 min, and were dried by an air gun. The CuFe2O4 precursor was prepared by the solgel method and was spin-coated on FTO glass for both annealing methods at 3000 rpm for 60 s."

Efficient and stable solution-processed planar perovskite solar cells via contact passivation, Science 17 Feb 2017: Vol. 355, Issue 6326, pp. 722-726, Hairen Tan, Ankit Jain, Oleksandr Voznyy, Xinzheng Lan, F. Pelayo García de Arquer, James Z. Fan, Rafael Quintero-Bermudez, Mingjian Yuan, Bo Zhang, Yicheng Zhao, Fengjia Fan, Peicheng Li, Li Na Quan, Yongbiao Zhao, Zheng-Hong Lu, Zhenyu Yang, Sjoerd Hoogland, Edward H. Sargent

Fabrication of thin film dye sensitized solar cells with solar to electric power conversion efficiency over 10%, Thin Solid Films, Volume 516, Issue 14, 30 May 2008, Pages 46134619, Seigo Ito, Takurou N. Murakami, Pascal Comte, Paul Liska, Carole Grätzel, Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin, Michael Grätzel

Compositional engineering of perovskite materials for high-performance solar cells, Nature 517, 476480 (22 January 2015) doi:10.1038/nature14133, Nam Joong Jeon, Jun Hong Noh, Woon Seok Yang, Young Chan Kim, Seungchan Ryu, Jangwon Seo & Sang Il Seok

Hydrothermal fabrication of hierarchically anatase TiO2 nanowire arrays on FTO glass for dye-sensitized solar cells, Scientific Reports 3, Article number: 1352 (2013)
doi:10.1038/srep01352, Wu-Qiang Wu, Bing-Xin Lei, Hua-Shang Rao, Yang-Fan Xu, Yu-Fen Wang, Cheng-Yong Su & Dai-Bin Kuang

Ultra-thin high efficiency semitransparent perovskite solar cells, Nano Energy
Volume 13, April 2015, Pages 249-57, Enrico Della Gasperaa, Yong Peng, Qicheng Hou, Leone Spicciac, Udo Bacha, Jacek J. Jasieniaka, Yi-Bing Cheng

TEC 7 Fluorine Doped Tin Oxide (F-SnO2 or FTO) transparent conductive substrate, FTO TEC 7 glass substrate

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Applications for 7-8 Ohm/Sq FTO TEC 7 Glass