Smooth Nanowire/Polymer Composite Transparent Electrodes

Whitney Gaynor, George F. Burkhard, Michael D. McGehee, Peter Peumans

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Abstract

Smooth composite transparent electrodes are fabricated via lamination of silver nanowires into the polymer poly-(4,3-ethylene dioxythiophene): poly(styrene-sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). The surface roughness is dramatically reduced compared to bare nanowires. High-efficiency P3HT:PCBM organic photovoltaic cells can be fabricated using these composites, reproducing the performance of cells on indium tin oxide (ITO) on glass and improving the performance of cells on ITO on plastic. Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2905-2910
Number of pages6
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume23
Issue number26
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 29 2011
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUS-C1-015-21
Acknowledgements: The authors acknowledge H. S. Kim and Y. Cui for providing silver nanowires and Southwall Technologies for providing plastic substrates. Thanks to M. Rowell and B. Hardin for helpful discussions. This work was supported by the Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics (Award No KUS-C1-015-21), made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.

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