7 Main Differences Between ITO & FTO Glass
FTO conductive glass and ITO conductive glass seem to be a pair of twin brothers, with only one character difference in their names, and they are both a type of Transparent conductive glass. Then, you may ask: What are the differences and connections between FTO glass and ITO glass, and can they replace each other ?
To answer this question, we may have to answer from the following 7 aspects:
1.Definition: coating composition are different.
●ITO conductive glass refers to glass processed by coating a layer of indium tin oxide film on the basis of sodium calcium-based or silicon boron-based substrate glass by magnetron sputtering.
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●FTO conductive glass refers to fluorine-doped tin dioxide conductive glass.
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2.Conductive Performance: the conductive performance of ITO glass is better than FTO glass. If FTO glass is not specially treated, its layered surface barrier is high and it is not easy to transmit electron.
3.Cost Saving: the cost of FTO glass is lower than that of ITO glass;
4.Etching Difficulty : the etching process of FTO glass is easier than that of ITO glass;
5.High Temperature Resistance : FTO glass is better than ITO, and the former can reach 700℃；
6. The sheet resistance of FTO glass changes less after sintering, which is better than the sintering effect when ITO glass is used as printed electrode;
7. Transmittance: FTO glass has a large sheet resistance value and a low transmittance, while ITO glass has a higher transmittance. But to solve this problem, our Tibbo Glass also release 4 items of FTO glass with AR coating, which highly improve the transmittance of FTO. ( What is AR coating Glass? )
Of course, although there are many differences between them, it must be said that in some fields, FTO glass can be used as a substitute for ITO glass, such as liquid crystal display, photocatalysis, thin-film solar cell substrate and other fields. Using specially treated FTO glass can achieve an effect very close to that of ITO glass, and the cost will be greatly reduced.
Well, the above 7 points are our answer to the question of what are the differences and connections between FTO conductive glass and ITO glass. We hope it will be helpful to you.
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