title: High thermal performance of SnO2:F thin transparent heaters with scattered metal nanodots.
abstract: Facile production and novel transparent heaters consisting of fluorine-doped tin oxide (SnO2:F or FTO) thin films covered with three different scattered metal nanodots (Cr-nd, NiCr-nd and Ni-nd) prepared by plasma-enhanced sputtering system and electron cyclotron resonance-metal organic chemical vapor deposition are investigated. The heaters exhibit excellent optical transmittances of over 85% and superior saturated temperatures of more than 80 °C when a relatively low 12 V DC is supplied. The scattered metal nanodots FTO heaters successfully improve the specific power of bare FTO heater by 21, 15, and 12% for NiCr-nd FTO, Cr-nd FTO, and Ni-nd FTO, respectively. These results reveal that the FTO transparent heaters with scattered metal nanodots are the suitable heating materials that can be applied for various functional devices.
authors.affiliation: Center for Energy Convergence Research, Green City Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology , Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-791, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Chairul
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hudaya
authors.forename: Bup Ju
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Joong Kee
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO); saturated temperature; scattered metal nanodots; thin films; transparent heaters