Transparent Conductive Materials

See the LMGP's page on TCMs for more details on our research on this exciting topic. Below are our most recent publications:


Chemical deposition of Cu2O films with ultra-low resistivity: Correlation with the defect landscape.

A. Sekkat*, M. O. Liedke, V. H. Nguyen, M. Butterling, F. Baiutti, J. D. S. Veru, M. Weber, L. Rapenne, D. Bellet, G. Chichignoud, A. Kaminski-Cachopo, E. Hirschmann, A. Wagner, and D. Muñoz-Rojas*

Nature Communications, 2022, 13, Article number: 5322


Stable flexible transparent electrodes for localized heating of lab-on-a-chip devices

Dorina T. Papanastasiou, Abderrahime Sekkat, Viet H. Nguyen, Carmen Jiménez, David Muñoz-Rojas, Franz Bruckert*, Daniel Bellet*

Adv. Mater. Tech. 2022, Accepted.


Atmospheric atomic layer deposition of SnO2 thin films with Tin(II) acetylacetonate and water

Viet Huong Nguyen,* Masoud Akbari, Abderrahime Sekkat, Huong T. T. Ta, Joao Resende, Carmen Jiménez, Kevin P. Musselman, David Muñoz-Rojas*

Dalton Transactions 2022, 51, 9278-9290


Time of Failure of Metallic Nanowire Networks under Coupled Electrical and Thermal Stress: Implications for Transparent Electrodes’ Lifetime

João Resende, Dorina Papanastasiou, Dominik Moritz, Nil Fontanals, Carmen Jiménez, David Muñoz-Rojas, Daniel Bellet*

ACS Applied Nano Materials,2022, 5, 2, 2102–2112


Advances in flexible metallic transparent electrodes

Viet Huong Nguyen,* Dorina T. Papanastasiou, Joao Resende, Laetitia Bardet, Thomas Sannicolo, Carmen Jiménez, David Muñoz-Rojas, Ngoc Duy Nguyen, Daniel Bellet

Small, 2022, 18(19), 2106006. Work featured as inside front cover.


High Performance Encapsulation of Transparent Conductive Polymers by Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition

Amélie Schultheiss*, Abderrahim Sekkat, Viet Huong Nguyen, Alexandre Carella, Anass Benayad, Amélie Revaux, Renaud Demadrille, David Muñoz-Rojas*, Jean-Pierre Simonato*

Synthetic Metals, 2022, 284, 116995


Silver Nanowire Networks: Ways to Enhance their Physical Properties and Stability

Laetitia Bardet*, Dorina T. Papanastasiou, Chiara Crivello, Masoud Akbari, João Resende, Abderrahime Sekkat, Camilo Sanchez-Velasquez, Laetitia Rapenne, Carmen Jiménez, David Muñoz-Rojas, Aurore Denneulin, Daniel Bellet*

Nanomaterials, 2021, 11(11), 2785


Effects of non-homogeneity and oxide coating on silver nanowire networks under electrical stress: comparison between experiment and modeling

Dorina T. Papanastasiou, Nicolas Charvin, Joao Resende, Viet Huong Nguyen, Abderrahime Sekkat, David Muñoz-Rojas, Carmen Jiménez, Lionel Flandin, Daniel Bellet *

Nanotechnology, 2021, 32(44), 445702.


Open-Air Printing of Cu2O Thin Films with High Hole Mobility for Semitransparent Solar Harvesters

Abderrahime Sekkat, Viet Huong Nguyen, César Arturo Masse de La Huerta, Laetitia Rapenne, Daniel Bellet, Anne Kaminski-Cachopo, Guy Chichignoud, and David Muñoz-Rojas*

Commun Mater 2, 78 (2021)


Open-Air, Low-Temperature Deposition of Phase Pure Cu2O Thin Films as Efficient Hole-Transporting Layers for Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

Van Son Nguyenǂ, Abderrahime Sekkatǂ, Daniel Bellet, Guy Chichignoud, Anne Kaminski-Cachopo, David Muñoz-Rojas* and Wilfried Favre*

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 15968-15974.


Transparent and Mechanically Resistant Silver Nanowire based Low-Emissivity Coatings

Sébastien Hanauer, Caroline Celle*, Chiara Crivello, Helga Szambolics, David Muñoz-Rojas, Daniel Bellet, Jean-Pierre Simonato*

ACS Applier Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13(18), 21971–21978


Planar and Transparent Memristive Devices Based on Titanium Oxide Coated Silver Nanowire Networks with Tunable Switching Voltage

Joao Resende, Abderrahime Sekkat, Viet Huong Nguyen, Tomy Chatin, Carmen Jiménez, Mónica Burriel, Daniel Bellet*, David Muñoz-Rojas*

Small, 2021,17(21), 2007344


Dynamic degradation of metallic nanowire networks under electrical stress: a comparison between experiments and simulations

Nicolas Charvin, Joao Resende, Dorina T. Papanastasiou, David Muñoz-Rojas, Carmen Jiménez, Ali Nourdine, Daniel Bellet, Lionel Flandin*

Nanoscale Advances, 2021,3, 675-681


Transparent Heaters: A Review

Dorina T. Papanastasiou, Amélie Schultheiss, David Muñoz-Rojas*, Caroline Celle, Alexandre Carella, Jean-Pierre Simonato*, Daniel Bellet*

Adv. Func. Mater, accepted 2020

Versatility of bilayer metal oxide coatings on silver nanowire networks for enhanced stability with minimal transparency loss

S. Aghazadehchors, V.H. Nguyen, David Muñoz-Rojas*, C. Jiménez, L. Rapenne, N.D. Nguyen and D. Bellet*

Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 19969-19979

SnO2 Films Deposited by Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis: Influence of Al Incorporation on the Properties

Getnet Kacha Deyu*, David Muñoz-Rojas, Laetitia Rapenne, Jean-Luc Deschanvres, Andreas Klein, Carmen Jiménez and Daniel Bellet*

Molecules, 2019, 24(15), 2797

Low-cost fabrication of flexible transparent electrodes based on Al doped ZnO and silver nanowire nanocomposites: impact of the network density

Viet Huong Nguyen, Joao Resende, Dorina T. Papanastasiou, Nil Fontanals, Carmen Jiménez, David Muñoz-Rojas,* Daniel Bellet*

Nanoscale, accepted 2019.

Increasing the Electron Mobility of ZnO-Based Transparent Conductive Films Deposited by Open-Air Methods for Enhanced Sensing Performance

Viet Huong Nguyen* Daniel Bellet, Bruno Masenelli, David Muñoz-Rojas*

ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2018, 1 (12), 6922–6931.

Hazy Al2O3-FTO Nanocomposites: A Comparative Study with FTO-Based Nanocomposites Integrating ZnO and S:TiO2 Nanostructures

Shan-Ting Zhang,* Guy Vitrant, Etienne Pernot, Carmen Jiménez, David Muñoz-Rojas and Daniel Bellet*

Nanomaterials, 2018 8(6), 440.

Electron tunneling through grain boundaries in transparent conductive oxides and implications for electrical conductivity

Viet Huong Nguyen*, Ulrich Gottlieb, Anthony Valla, Delfina Muñoz, Daniel Bellet, David Muñoz-Rojas*

Materials Horizons, 2018. DOI: 10.1039/C8MH00402A

Stability enhancement of silver nanowire networks with conformal ZnO coatings deposited by atmospheric pressure spatial atomic layer deposition

Afzal Khan, Viet Huong Nguyen, David Muñoz-Rojas*, Sara Aghazadehchors, Carmen Jiménez, Ngoc Duy Nguyen, and Daniel Bellet

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018,10 (22), pp 19208–19217. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b01242

Electrical Mapping of Silver Nanowire Networks: A Versatile Tool for Imaging Network Homogeneity and Degradation Dynamics during Failure

Thomas Sannicolo, Nicolas Charvin, Lionel Flandin*, Silas Kraus, Dorina T. Papanastasiou, Caroline Celle, Jean-Pierre Simonato*, David Muñoz-Rojas, Carmen Jiménez, Daniel Bellet*

ACS Nano, 2018 12 (5), 4648–4659 . DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b01242

Oxidation of Copper Nanowires based Transparent Electrodes in Ambient Conditions and their Stabilization by Encapsulation. Application to Transparent Film Heaters

Celle, Caroline; Cabos, Anthony; Fontecave, Thomas; Laguitton, Bruno; Benayad, Anass; Guettaz, Laure; Pelissier, Nathalie; NGUYEN, Viet Huong; Bellet, Daniel; Muñoz-Rojas, David; SIMONATO, Jean-Pierre*

Nanotechnology, 2018, 29, 085701.

Polymorphism of the Blocking TiO2 Layer Deposited on F:SnO2 (FTO) and Its Influence on the Interfacial Energetic Alignment

Shan-Ting Zhang*, Hervé Roussel, Odette Chaix-Pluchery, Michel Langlet, David Muñoz-Rojas, Daniel Bellet, Andreas Klein

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121 (32), 17305–17313.

High quality epitaxial fluorine-doped SnO2 films by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis: in-depth structural and physical property investigation

Shan-Ting Zhang*, Jean-Luc Rouvière, Vincent Consonni, Hervé Roussel, Laetitia Rapenne, Etienne Pernot, David Muñoz-Rojas, Andreas Klein, Daniel Bellet

Materials & Design, 2017, 132, 518-525.

Transparent electrodes based on silver nanowire networks: from physical considerations towards device integration

Daniel Bellet*, Mélanie Lagrange, Thomas Sannicolo, Sara Aghazadehchords, Viet Huong Nguyen, Daniel Langley, David Muñoz-Rojas, Carmen Jiménez, Yves Brechet, Ngoc Duy Nguyen

Materials 2017, 10(6), 570; doi:10.3390/ma10060570

special issue: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/special_issues/advances_transparent_conducting_materials

Understanding the mechanisms leading to failure in metallic nanowire-based transparent heaters, and solution for stability enhancement

M Lagrange, T Sannicolo, D Muñoz-Rojas, B G Lohan, A Khan, M Anikin, C Jiménez, F Bruckert, Y Bréchet and D Bellet

Nanotechnology, 2017, 28, 055709

Tuning the properties of F:SnO2 (FTO) nanocomposites with S:TiO2 nanoparticles as promising hazy transparent electrodes for photovoltaics applications

Shan-Ting Zhang*, Martin Foldyna, Hervé Roussel, Vincent Consonni, Etienne Pernot, Lukas Schmidt-Mende, Laetitia Rapenne, Carmen Jiménez, Jean-Luc Deschanvres, David Muñoz-Rojas, and Daniel Bellet*

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017,5, 91-102.

Direct Imaging of the Onset of Electrical Conduction in Silver Nanowire Networks by Infra-Red Thermography: Evidence of Geometrical Quantized Percolation

Thomas Sannicolo, David Muñoz-Rojas, Ngoc Duy Nguyen, Stéphane Moreau, Caroline Celle, Jean-Pierre Simonato, Yves Bréchet, Daniel Bellet*

Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (11), pp 7046–7053