Thickness-dependent thermal resistance of a transparent glass heater with a single-walled carbon nanotube coating

✍ Scribed by Tae June Kang; Taewoo Kim; Sung Min Seo; Young June Park; Yong Hyup Kim

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 757 KB
• Volume: 49
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-6223
• DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.11.012

✦ Synopsis

A single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) film was formed on a glass substrate by using the dip-coating method and the resulting material used as a transparent glass heater.

The heaters have an optical transparency above 95% in visible light. Their performance was investigated by measuring their heating/cooling characteristics and thermal resistance. They have a heating performance that is 70% higher than that of Pt film heaters, which are widely used. The thickness dependence of the thermal resistance is observed, and can be understood in relation to heat-transfer losses that are related to the porous structure of the SWCNT film. The stability and reliability of the heater were also investigated.