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ubl iver Kin 3; a A solution processed aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO)/multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) nanocomposite thin film has been developed offering simultaneously high optical transparency and low electrical resistivity, with a conductivity figure of merit (sDC/sopt) of 75– Carbon nanotubes [1] have attracted considerable interest in the electronic a proposed, C application films [7,8] (MWCNTs) trically nest properties compared to their as-synthesized, pristine counterparts [13,14] and may become key components in next generation energy storage, display and nanoelectronic devices. Amongst binding energy (60 meV [18]) material that offers solution-based enhanced to engineer mical bath deposition g [28–30]. ues is sol–gel nd efficiency, and low-cost WCNTs have been reported elsewhere [31,32] however, to the best of our knowledge, there have been no such reports on aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO)/MWCNTs hybrid nanocomposites. AZO is commonly used as a transparent conductive oxide layer for Si and group III–IV based solar cells [33]. As such AZO is attractive for transparent thin film as, depending on the Al concentratio