Method of forming an electroded sheet

A method of forming an electroded sheet comprising the steps of:

• a) applying a plurality of electrodes onto a surface of a flat plate or a slightly arced plate, wherein the electrodes comprise a plurality of transparent conductive electrode stripes connected to a plurality of wire electrodes;
• b) after step a), performing at least one step selected from the group consisting of:
• i) pressing a thermal polymer film or plate into the wire electrodes;
• ii) filling a surface of the electrodes on the plate with a thermal polymer;
• iii) filling a surface of the electrodes on the plate with a thermal set polymer;
• iv) filling the surface of the electrodes on the plate with an ultraviolet curable polymer and curing the polymer;
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• v) filling the surface of the electrodes on the plate with a silicone film;
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• c) after step b), removing the electroded sheet from the plate.

A method of forming an electroded sheet comprising the step of embedding a plurality of wire electrodes into a surface of a sheet, comprising at least one substep selected from the group consisting of:

• a) extruding a polymer sheet and the wire electrodes in one process step;
• b) stamping the wire electrodes into a surface of the polymer sheet in a roll-to-roll process;
• c) rolling the wire electrodes into the surface of the polymer sheet in a roll-to-roll process;
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• d) creating multiple electroded sheets by embedding the wire electrodes into a polymer sheet using flat plates in a batch process.