Background
Transparent conductive coatings are of great interest for the preparation of optoelectronic devices such as organic light emitting electrodes (OLED), solar cells and electroluminescence devices. The most commonly used material as transparent conductive electrode is indium tin oxide (ITO). One of the drawbacks in the use of ITO is the high cost of indium. Therefore, other transparent conductive oxides (TCO) or structured thin metal films are being investigated for the preparation of optoelectronic devices. The resulting transparent electrodes are an important key technology since they could be used in various types of photovoltaic cells and especially in thin-film solar cells such as cadmium telluride, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC), organic solar cells or amorphous silicon solar cells.
The aim of this research project is to develop new chemical procedures for the preparation of transparent conducting electrodes. Therefore, one main focus is the synthesis of new molecular and polymeric precursors.