Silver nanowire composite window layers for fully solution-deposited thin-film photovoltaic devices

Choong-Heui Chung; Tze-Bin Song; Brion Bob; Rui Zhu; Hsin-Sheng Duan; Yang Yang

doi:10.1002/adma.201201010

Silver nanowire composite window layers for fully solution-deposited thin-film photovoltaic devices

Adv Mater. 2012 Oct 23;24(40):5499-504. doi: 10.1002/adma.201201010. Epub 2012 Aug 7.

Authors

Choong-Heui Chung¹, Tze-Bin Song, Brion Bob, Rui Zhu, Hsin-Sheng Duan, Yang Yang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Materials Science and Engineering and California NanoSystems, Institute University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

PMID: 22887002
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201201010

Abstract

A silver nanowire-indium tin oxide nanoparticle composite and its successful application to fully solution processed CuInSe(2) solar cells as a window layer are demonstrated, effectively replacing the traditionally sputtered both intrinsic zinc oxide and indium tin oxide layers. The devices utilizing the nanocomposite window layer demonstrate photovoltaic parameters equal to or even beyond those with sputtered intrinsic zinc oxide and indium tin oxide contacts.

MeSH terms

Copper / chemistry
Indium / chemistry
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry
Nanowires / chemistry*
Selenium / chemistry
Silver / chemistry*
Solar Energy*
Solutions / chemistry*
Tin Compounds / chemistry
Zinc Oxide / chemistry

Substances

Solutions
Tin Compounds
copper indium diselenide
Indium
Silver
indium tin oxide
Copper
Selenium
Zinc Oxide