Looking for some TCO (transparent conducting oxide)

Beda · science forum beginner Joined: 24 Feb 2006 Posts: 7

Dear friend and chemist,

I'm looking for a factory - industry which produces FTO (fluorinated
tin oxide) glass.
Please, can any of you suggest me a link or a society where I can order
these glasses?
My aim is to create a thin film by spin coating on this glass and I
need it to be conductive and transparent. I use it to check degradation
ability of TiO2.

thanks a lot to you all.

I wait for an answer.

Beda

cschmidt@gmail.com · science forum beginner Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 1

Beda,

There are several good TCO's (transparant conductive oxides) that can
be deposited onto glass - is there a reason you need FTO instead of
another TCO? More readily available are indium-tin oxide and
zinc-aluminum oxide which have superior conductivity and transparancy
for a given thickness, and they're fairly easy to obtain.

I'm curious about your question regarding "degradation ability of
TiO2". What property of TiO2 are you looking to investigate?

Chris

Beda wrote:

Beda · science forum beginner Joined: 24 Feb 2006 Posts: 7

Dear Chris,

I'm looking for FTO because I'm interested to see how TiO2 interacts
with this substrate and if it adsorbs on its suface
(grains-nanocristals) any F from the conductive substrate. I already
use In(III)SnOx glass but I'm wondering if I find any factory producing
FTO (I knew that prof. Graetzel in Swiss used them fot its famous study
on photovoltaic cell working on TiO2).
besides this I study how TiO2 mineralizes some organic substances under
UV-VIS irradiation and how its photocatalytic activity changes if doped
with various elements.

So please, any of you know where I can found some FTO? please!?

thanks to all again

beda

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