Description-H3

H3. Coexistence of Transparency and Conductivity: TC’s:

  Transparent conductors combine two generally contraindicated physical properties of optical transparency that is generally associated with electrical insulators and electrical conductivity that is generally associated with opaque metals. The origin of the co-existence of transparency and conductivity in certain materials such as SnO2 and ZnO are studied in light of defect physics. This leads to the computational design of new transparent conductors in both oxides and the half-Heusler materials made of all-metallic heavy elements with potentially high carrier motilities.