Layered metals as polarized transparent conductors.

ABSTRACT: The quest to improve transparent conductors balances two key goals: increasing electrical conductivity and increasing optical transparency. To improve both simultaneously is hindered by the physical limitation that good metals with high electrical conductivity have large carrier densities that push the plasma edge into the ultra-violet range. Technological solutions reflect this trade-off, achieving the desired transparencies only by reducing the conductor thickness or carrier density at the expense of a lower conductance. Here we demonstrate that highly anisotropic crystalline conductors offer an alternative solution, avoiding this compromise by separating the directions of conduction and transmission. We demonstrate that slabs of the layered oxides Sr₂RuO₄ and Tl

SUBMITTER: Putzke C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10229626 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature