Patent ID: 9227224
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B05D,C23C,H01L,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A method of forming a light scattering and intrapore mass transport structured transparent conducting electrode, comprising: a. depositing a single porous non-planar inorganic light scattering and intrapore mass transport structured transparent conducting thin film on a conductive substrate, wherein said intrapore mass transport structure is continuous throughout said transparent conducting thin film, wherein said single porous non-planar inorganic light scattering and intrapore mass transport structured transparent conducting thin film comprises transparent conductive inorganic particles coated with an inorganic sol-gel solution-based transparent conducting adhesive layer without an organic templating agent, wherein said inorganic sol-gel solution-based transparent conducting adhesive layer coats and binds together said inorganic transparent conducting particles, wherein a porosity of said porous non-planar inorganic transparent conducting thin film is formed that comprises an interconnected network of pores comprising periodic arrays of pores or disordered pores throughout said structure, wherein said pores comprise mesoscale pores or macroscale pores, wherein said mesoscale pores comprise pore sizes between 2-50 nm diameters, wherein said macroscale pores comprises pore sizes greater than 50 nm diameters that enable light scattering and intrapore mass transport; and b. heat treating said porous non-planar light scattering and intrapore mass transport structured inorganic transparent conducting adhesion layer on said inorganic conductive substrate, wherein an open porous non-planar inorganic transparent conducting electrode is formed that enables said light scattering and intrapore mass transport.