Patent ID: 8692283
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: B82Y,H01L

Abstract:
1. A light-transmitting metal electrode, comprising a metal layer, the metal layer provided on a major surface of a member and including a metal nanowire and a plurality of openings formed with the metal nanowire, the metal nanowire including a plurality of first straight line parts along a first direction parallel to the major surface, and a plurality of second straight line parts along a direction parallel to the major surface, and different from and intersecting the first direction, a maximum length of the plurality of first straight line parts along the first direction and a maximum length of the plurality of second straight line parts along the direction different from the first direction being not more than a wave length of visible light, and a ratio of an area of the metal nanowire viewed in a normal direction of the major surface to an area of the metal layer viewed in the normal direction being more than 20% and not more than 80%.