Patent ID: 9139917
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: C03C,C25B,H01B,H01L,H02S,H05B,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A porous nanocomposite comprising: a nanoparticle layer having a network of pores formed therein, said nanoparticle layer providing a transparent and porous nanoparticle matrix; wherein said pores are internally coated with a transparent conductive material such that said transparent conductive material defines a conductive path within said porous nanoparticle layer; and an additional transparent conductive layer contacting said nanoparticle layer, such that said nanoparticle layer and said additional transparent conductive layer define a transparent conductive bilayer; wherein said pores are internally coated with said transparent conductive material such that the porosity of said porous nanoparticle matrix is preserved, and wherein a volume fraction of said transparent conductive material is selected to such that the nanoparticle layer has a lower effective refractive index than the effective refractive index of said additional transparent conductive layer.