ITO for coatings

Applications for VP ITO might include solar cells

The advantage of Evonik's new product is that it can be combined with established binders and applied using common wet chemical coating methods. In many applications, cost-intensive vacuum sputtering, which involves considerable ITO losses, can be replaced by the new technology. This new development has also opened up completely new applications for ITO which would not have be possible with sputtering, for example, coating of non-planar surfaces in the aviation industry.

Formulations based on VP ITO can also be used to produce structured electrodes without expensive lithography processes. This is particularly attractive for coating optoelectronic components such as touch panels, flat panel displays, solar cells and electrodes of LCDs. Other applications include antistatic coatings, IR-reflectant or IR-absorbent coatings for glazing for automotive and aviation applications, clean rooms and gas sensors.