"Computationally Driven Design of New and Improved Transparent Conducting Oxides"

The combination of electrical conductivity and optical transparency in a single material gives transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) a vital role in modern optoelectronic applications such as in solar cells, flat panel displays, and smart coatings. The most commercially successful TCO so far is tin doped indium oxide (Indium Tin Oxide – ITO), which has become the industrial standard TCO for many optoelectronics applications; the ITO market share was 94% in 2018. The high demand for In, and its low abundance have led to a large research drive to develop reduced-indium and indium-free TCO materials. In this talk I will outline the strategies that we use in the Materials Theory Group to look beyond the current TCO materials, highlighting the interplay of theory and experiment.

David O. Scanlon^1,2,3

¹Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom,

²Thomas Young Centre, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom,

Email: d.scanlon@ucl.ac.uk

12:00 - 13:00,
Weds 14 December, 2022

PLT, Science concourse

Prof. Scanlon joins us to deliver his RSC 2021 Materials Chemistry Division Early Career Award Lecture.

This is a departmental lecture for all students and staff. Please come along. Refreshments will be provided.