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- Title
ITO-Free, Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells on Spray-Coated Copper-Nanowire-Based Transparent Electrodes.
- Authors
Sachse, Christoph; Weiß, Nelli; Gaponik, Nikolai; Müller‐Meskamp, Lars; Eychmüller, Alexander; Leo, Karl
- Abstract
The great potential of solution-processed metal nanowire networks utilized as a transparent electrode has attracted much attention in the last years. Typically, silver nanowires are applied, although their replacement by more abundant and cheaper materials is of interest. Here, a hydrazine-free synthesis route for high aspect ratio copper nanowires is used to prepare conductive networks showing an enhanced electrode performance. The network deposition is done with a scalable spray-coating process on glass and on polymer foils. By a pressing or an annealing step, highly conductive transparent electrodes are obtained, and they reveal transmittance-resistance values similar to indium tin oxide (ITO) and networks made of silver nanowires. The application potential of the copper nanowire electrodes is demonstrated by integrating them into an evaporated small-molecule organic solar cell with 3% efficiency.
- Subjects
INDIUM tin oxide; SOLAR cells; COPPER electrodes; NANOWIRES; ANNEALING of metals; SMALL molecules
- Publication
Advanced Energy Materials, 2014, Vol 4, Issue 2, pn/a
- ISSN
1614-6832
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/aenm.201300737