Solution-processed Ag-nanowire/ZnO-nanoparticle composite transparent electrode for flexible organic solar cells

Bin Wei; Saihu Pan; Taohong Wang; Zhenghao Tian; Guo Chen; Tao Xu

doi:10.1088/0957-4484/27/50/505208

Solution-processed Ag-nanowire/ZnO-nanoparticle composite transparent electrode for flexible organic solar cells

Nanotechnology. 2016 Dec 16;27(50):505208. doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/50/505208. Epub 2016 Nov 17.

Authors

Bin Wei¹, Saihu Pan, Taohong Wang, Zhenghao Tian, Guo Chen, Tao Xu

Affiliation

¹ School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200072, People's Republic of China. Key Laboratory of Advanced Display and System Applications, Ministry of Education, 149 Yanchang Road, Shanghai, 200072, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 27855124
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/50/505208

Abstract

This paper demonstrates a hybrid transparent electrode composed of a solution-processed silver-nanowire (AgNW) film coated by zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) acting as a modified buffer layer. The effect of the ZnO-NPs' coating ratio on the performances of indium tin oxide (ITO)-free organic solar cells (OSCs) has been systematically investigated. The optimized ITO-free OSCs achieved a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.85%, while flexible OSCs using the AgNW/ZnO-NP composite transparent electrode grown on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate showed a PCE of 2.2%.