NOVELTY - The planar, partially transparent, thermoformable electrode comprises a surface element (0) with an electrically conductive material. The electrically conductive material of the planar element has a tensile elongation of 10-70% and/or a tensile strength of 5-2100 N/mm2 at room temperature, is a layer of electrically conductive material with transparent, two-dimensional cut-outs or a flat grid, and comprises a metal or its alloy. The planar element comprises a planar lattice network of a thermoformable fabric with a smooth weave, twill weave or plain weave.    USE - The planar, partially transparent, thermoformable electrode is useful, as a front-surface electrode and a transparent front electrode, a rear surface electrode, a flat back electrode, a two-dimensional electrode and a flat front electrode, in a license plate or a solar cell (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The planar, partially transparent, thermoformable electrode can be economically and simply manufactured with high flexibility, chemical resistance, brittleness and chemical and thermal stability thus providing enhanced life and performance to the solar cell and the license plate.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The planar, partially transparent, thermoformable electrode comprises a surface element (0) with an electrically conductive material. The electrically conductive material of the planar element has a tensile elongation of 10-70% and/or a tensile strength of 5-2100 N/mm2 at room temperature, is a layer of electrically conductive material with transparent, two-dimensional cut-outs or a flat grid, and comprises a metal or its alloy. The planar element comprises a planar lattice network of a thermoformable fabric with a smooth weave, twill weave or plain weave with an electrically conductive filament of the material. The electrode is strapless, and has a transmittance of 50-80% or 50-75% in the UV/Vis spectral region. The electrically conductive grid is an electrically conductive fabric (1) with a polymeric filament, an electrically conductive mesh or a printable woven and metal-containing electrically conductive wires including a metal or alloy, and has regularly parallel and/or square electrically conductive filaments comprising ligands. The filaments have a partial conductive coating having a metal, an electrically conductive alloy or an electrically conductive polymer material with en electrically conductive filler or the filaments of electrically conductive polymers are structured as polythiophene derivatives. The opening or the grid spacing of filaments or wires in a mesh of grid correspond to a size of 10-75 mu m, when an organic, flexible conductive polymer material is included in the opening of the electrically conductive layer or in the interstices of the mesh grid and the grid has a mesh size of 50-500 mu m. An electrically conductive ink, paint or ink is printable on the electrically conductive grid. The filaments or wires have a diameter of 2-40 mu m. The flat back electrode (3) is optionally substituted on one or both sides of the electrically insulating layers with a light layer under the influence of heat and/or pressure. The luminescent layer is present on the upper surface of the rear electrode, which is opposite to a flat transfer element and a first laminate between two separating layers comprising the sequence of transfer elements. The transfer element is laminated on the luminescent layer and the planar front electrode under the influence of heat and/or pressure to the surface element after removing the sheet. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a surface element; and    (2) an electro luminescent license plate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a schematic view of layer structure after the second lamination with the electrode.    Surface element (0)    Transparent electrode fabric (1)    Underlying fluorescent layer (2)    Back electrode (3)    Two release papers. (6)