Transparent heaters are widely used in technologies like avionics displays, temperature-controlled LCD displays, window defrosters and others. The fabrication of transparent heaters is mainly realized with Indium tin oxide (ITO) films. The as-made ITO film heaters suffer from some limitations like costly fabrication process and moderate thermal response.Solution-processable nanomaterials appear as a promising alternative since it affords a large area, low-cost deposition method, with good performances. Recently, extensive efforts have been performed to develop transparent electrodes based on silver nanowires. They lead to excellent performances, comparable to those of ITO. Typically, , which is well adapted to make competitive TFHs.We report in this communication the synthesis of metallic nanowires and their use as random networks for TFH application on plastic substrates, with interesting performances (sheet resistances lower than few tens of O.sq are obtained at 90% transparency in the visible spectrum and high bendability [1-2].[1]  C. Mayousse, H. Basti, C. Celle, A. Carella, and J.-P. Simonato, ' Transparent Film Heaters Based on Random Networks of Silver Nanowires', submitted. [2]  A. Carella, and J.-P. Simonato, Patent Application (priority 2011)

Nanomaterials based flexible and transparent film heaters

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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