Talk:Transparent conducting film

Bias to PV
Little if any discussion of LCDs and other uses of TCFs apart from PV. Is that because the PV industry is the only one that calls them TCFs ? Rod57 (talk) 15:27, 8 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Probably better to call them (and change the article to be) "transparent conductors". I've never seen TCF as an acronym much, but have seen a lot of usage of TCO and ITO.  They probably all are in film usage, but I think TC would be more likely than TCF as a term.  The article seems to have been written by someone working on niche solar stuff, but does not well cover the huge industrial uses of traditional "me"s.  TCO and ITO are by far more common in physical usage and reference, but don' cover non-oxides (it's not just carbon or polymers, but also optically transparent very-thin metal films that need to be included).  We should have more on flat panel displays (and the lead image should be in text and explained).  It is way too complex for the lead and then doesn't get the text it needs.  Within the applications, there should be more on (nichey and very substantial apps) electrochromic windows, architectural coatings, flat panel displays (mostly LCD, but some others), flourescent lightbulbs, etc.TCO (talk) 18:06, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

How to compare them
Can we compare material properties using electrical conductivity / optical absorbption ? and then divide again by cost per volume to find the most economic ? Are there any reviews comparing TCFs ? Rod57 (talk) 15:02, 8 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm sure there are. Would need to really look at those articles though.  Unfortunately the field has so much junky papers in it (did 10 years ago and still does).  A part of the problem is that a lot of the properties can be affected by film laydown and annealing (especially reduction).  Cost per area would be the better metric than volumetric.  (and ohms per square, not intrinsic).  I still think it would be useful as you will see (I bet) that the polymers have very poor conductivity and the thin metals very good conductivity (but optical issues).  You could probably add a field for "comments" and included other things like processability, substrate compatatibility, chemical resistance, etc.  Would Google scholar it, find the best content, and then probably make a table for Wiki especially with some combination of content and perhaps exclusion of fields not of interest to a general reader.  Gotta be careful, about OR, but there is probably a way to do it, that does not run afoul of policy.TCO (talk) 18:36, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Recent news covering new type of transparent solar cell

 * http://planetsave.com/2012/07/22/solar-power-generating-windows/ That would be a good link and source of information to add to the article. Someone who understands this stuff ...   D r e a m Focus  09:36, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Transparent electronics
Development in transparent electronics : Taiwan unveils transparent mobile phone. Where in Wikpedia put it? --Lagoset (talk) 12:35, 12 January 2015 (UTC)