Article Title

Solution-processable graphene mesh transparent electrodes for organic solar cells

Authors

Qian Zhang, Key Laboratory for Functional Polymer Materials and Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Xiangjian Wan, Key Laboratory for Functional Polymer Materials and Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Fei Xing, The Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, Teda Applied Physics School and School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Lu Huang, Key Laboratory for Functional Polymer Materials and Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Guankui Long, Key Laboratory for Functional Polymer Materials and Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Ningbo Yi, Key Laboratory for Functional Polymer Materials and Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Wang Ni, Key Laboratory for Functional Polymer Materials and Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Zhibo Liu, The Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, Teda Applied Physics School and School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Jianguo Tian, The Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, Teda Applied Physics School and School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Yongsheng Chen, Key Laboratory for Functional Polymer Materials and Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China

Keywords

graphene, transparent electrode, photolithography, mesh electrode, organic photovoltaic cells

Abstract

ABSTRACT Graphene mesh electrodes (GMEs) with good conductivity and transparency have been fabricated by the standard industrial photolithography and O2 plasma etching process using graphene solutions. Organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells using GMEs as the transparent electrodes with a blend of poly-(3-hexylthiophene)/ phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT/PC61BM) as the active layer have been fabricated and exhibit a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.04%, the highest PCE for solution-processed graphene transparent electrode-based solar cells reported to date.

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-013-0325-7

Publisher

Tsinghua University Press

Recommended Citation

Qian Zhang,Xiangjian Wan,Fei Xing,Lu Huang,Guankui Long,Ningbo Yi,Wang Ni,Zhibo Liu,Jianguo Tian,Yongsheng Chen, Solution-processable graphene mesh transparent electrodes for organic solar cells. NanoRes.2013, 6(7): 478–484