Abstract

Transparent conductive electrodes are important components of thin-film solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and many display technologies. Doped metal oxides are commonly used, but their optical transparency is limited for films with a low sheet resistance. Furthermore, they are prone to cracking when deposited on flexible substrates, are costly, and require a high-temperature step for the best performance. We demonstrate solution-processed transparent electrodes consisting of random meshes of metal nanowires that exhibit an optical transparency equivalent to or better than that of metal-oxide thin films for the same sheet resistance. Organic solar cells deposited on these electrodes show a performance equivalent to that of devices based on a conventional metal-oxide transparent electrode.

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Materials scienceSheet resistanceElectrodeTransparent conducting filmOptoelectronicsTransparency (behavior)NanowireOLEDOxideThin filmMetalNanotechnologyLayer (electronics)MetallurgyComputer science

MeSH Terms

Computer SimulationComputer-Aided DesignCrystallizationElectric ConductivityElectric WiringEquipment DesignEquipment Failure AnalysisMacromolecular SubstancesMaterials TestingMetalsMicroelectrodesModelsChemicalMolecular ConformationNanostructuresNanotechnologyParticle SizeSolutionsSurface Properties

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Year
2008
Type
article
Volume
8
Issue
2
Pages
689-692
Citations
1822
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Jung‐Yong Lee, Stephen T. Connor, Yi Cui et al. (2008). Solution-Processed Metal Nanowire Mesh Transparent Electrodes. Nano Letters , 8 (2) , 689-692. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl073296g

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10.1021/nl073296g
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18189445

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