Symposium CL
Development and Application of new Functional Transparent Conducting and Semiconducting Inorganic Materials
Convener:
David GINLEY, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), USA
Members:
Xuedong BAI, Institute of Physics, CAS, China
Pedro BARQUINHA NOVA, University Lisbon, Portugal
M. Daniel BELLET, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France
Marius GRUNDMANN, Universitaet Leipzig, Germany
Hideo HOSONO, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Myung-Gil KIM, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Sang Yeol LEE, Cheongju University, South Korea
Rodrigo MARTINS, CENIMAT, Portugal
Julia E. MEDVEDEVA, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
Yong-Young NOH, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea
Gian-Marco RIGNANESE, Ecole Polytechnique de Louvain, Belgium
Chris G. VAN DE WALLE, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Tim VEAL, University of Liverpool, UK
Holger VON WENCKSTERN, Universitaet Leipzig, Germany
Man Hoi WONG, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
David GINLEY, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), USA
Members:
Xuedong BAI, Institute of Physics, CAS, China
Pedro BARQUINHA NOVA, University Lisbon, Portugal
M. Daniel BELLET, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France
Marius GRUNDMANN, Universitaet Leipzig, Germany
Hideo HOSONO, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Myung-Gil KIM, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Sang Yeol LEE, Cheongju University, South Korea
Rodrigo MARTINS, CENIMAT, Portugal
Julia E. MEDVEDEVA, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
Yong-Young NOH, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea
Gian-Marco RIGNANESE, Ecole Polytechnique de Louvain, Belgium
Chris G. VAN DE WALLE, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Tim VEAL, University of Liverpool, UK
Holger VON WENCKSTERN, Universitaet Leipzig, Germany
Man Hoi WONG, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
The list of Invited Speakers will be available at the end of July 2025
Oxide based electronics are seeing an increasing set of applications based on new materials and the ability to tailor structure and functionality to enable new functionality. This includes improved TCs new semiconductors for high speed and wide bandgap electronics, new piezoelectric materials and photovoltaic absorbers. Achieving this requires an increasingly broad materials set but also structural diversity from amorphous to expitaxial and the inclusion of new hybrid materials. Increasingly diverse structures with complex composition including amorphous and crystalline metal oxide materials as well as wide band-gap nonoxide materials including e.g. nanowire networks and quantum dot structures are extending device designer’s palette of transparent conductors and semiconductors by addressing a variety of cutting edge applications in flexible electronics, new active optoelectronics, even spin photonics. New advanced in materials and processing are also extending the range of the more experienced use of transparent conducting oxides in large area flat-panel displays, thin-film solar cells, antistatic coatings, functional and smart glasses and a number of other applications.
Underlying the development of new functional materials for example organic and nanotube based TCs is the need for a clearer and predictive understanding of basic materials science such as the electronic structure, carrier and trap origin, mobility and scattering, and doping mechanisms which govern conductivity and transparency, coupled with a better insight into interfacial and chemical compatibility issues and the development of models of the performance limits of materials and devices.
Objective of the International Symposium “Development and Application of new Functional Transparent Conducting and Semiconducting Inorganic Materials” to be held in Italy, June 15-19, 2026 in the frames of CIMTEC 2026, which follows the discussions on related subjects held at previous CIMTEC Conferences, is to gather specialists from academia and industry to highlight updated developments in the area from fundamental science to materials synthesis, processing techniques device development and advanced/novel/prospective applications.
Underlying the development of new functional materials for example organic and nanotube based TCs is the need for a clearer and predictive understanding of basic materials science such as the electronic structure, carrier and trap origin, mobility and scattering, and doping mechanisms which govern conductivity and transparency, coupled with a better insight into interfacial and chemical compatibility issues and the development of models of the performance limits of materials and devices.
Objective of the International Symposium “Development and Application of new Functional Transparent Conducting and Semiconducting Inorganic Materials” to be held in Italy, June 15-19, 2026 in the frames of CIMTEC 2026, which follows the discussions on related subjects held at previous CIMTEC Conferences, is to gather specialists from academia and industry to highlight updated developments in the area from fundamental science to materials synthesis, processing techniques device development and advanced/novel/prospective applications.
Session Topics
CL-1 Fundamentals
- Basic Theory of functional electronic oxides
- Materials Genomics of functional oxides including
- Electronic structure
- Doping mechanisms
- Carriers origin and dynamics
- Optimizing band structure
- Surfaces and interfaces in hybrid structures
- Amorphous vs crystalline materials basic physics and application considerations
- Characterizations of basic TC properties including inoperando
CL-2 Material design and device development
- Advanced crystalline materials
- ZnO based materials
- p-type transparent conductors
- Indium-free TCOs
- Amorphous metal-oxide materials
- Non-oxide transparent conductors
- Nanowire/nanotube arrays and Q-dot based transparent structures
- Other novel materials/concepts
- Device characterisation and properties
- Growth Approaches
- PVD/CVD
- Atomic layer deposition
- Spin coating, spray pyrolysis and other chemical techniques
- Direct writing/printing/patterning
- Novel tools and equipment for device fabrication
- Interfaces and Chemical compatibility issues
- Modeling and simulation of materials and devices
CL-3 Applications
- Flexible electronics (e.g. roll-up displays, electronic paper)
- Transparent devices (TTFTs) and applications including TC active layers
- Photovoltaics
- Piezoelectrics
- Wide Bandgap Power Electronics
- OLED/OPV
- Advances in smart /functional applications e.g. photocatalytic/active/protective coatings, smart windows, etc.
- Other advanced/novel/emerging applications
- Building applications
- Multifunctional materials including porous materials