The Influence of Thermal and Mechanical Stress on the Electrical Conductivity of ITO-Coated Polycarbonate Films
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In: Polymers Volume 15 / Issue 11 (2023-05-31) , S. ; eissn:2073-4360
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The influence of thermomechanical stress on the conductivity of indium tin oxide (ITO)-coated polycarbonate (PC) films was investigated. PC is the industry’s standard material for window panes. ITO coatings on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films are the main commercially available option; as such, most investigations refer to this combination. The investigations in this study aim to investigate the critical crack initiation strain at different temperatures and crack initiation temperatures for two different coating thicknesses and for a commercially available PET/ITO film for validation purposes. Additionally, the cyclic load was investigated. The results show the comparatively sensitive behavior of the PC/ITO films, with a crack initiation strain at room temperature of 0.3–0.4% and critical temperatures of 58 °C and 83 °C, with high variation depending on the film’s thickness. Under thermomechanical loading, the crack initiation strain decreases with increasing temperatures.
@article{doi:10.17170/kobra-202306198262,
author ={Johannes, Christopher and Lins, Fabian and Meyer, Miriam and Hartung, Michael and Heim, Hans-Peter},
title ={The Influence of Thermal and Mechanical Stress on the Electrical Conductivity of ITO-Coated Polycarbonate Films},
keywords ={540 and ITO and Polycarbonate and Elektrochromie and Leitfähigkeit},
copyright ={http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
language ={en},
journal ={Polymers},
year ={2023-05-31}
}