Article Title

Highly flexible and transparent conducting silver nanowire/ZnO composite film for organic solar cells

Authors

Myungkwan Song, Surface Technology Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Changwon 641-831, Republic of Korea
Jong Hyun Park, OLED Development Group, LG Display Co., Ltd. Gyeonggi-do 413-811, Republic of Korea
Chang Su Kim, Surface Technology Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Changwon 641-831, Republic of Korea
Dong-Ho Kim, Surface Technology Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Changwon 641-831, Republic of Korea
Yong-Cheol Kang, Department of Chemistry, Pukyong National University, 45 Yongso-ro, Nam-Gu, Busan 608-737, Republic of Korea
Sung-Ho Jin, Department of Chemistry Education, Graduate Department of Chemical Materials and Institute for Plastic Information and Energy Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea
Won-Yong Jin, The Graduate School of Flexible and Printable Electronics, Polymer Materials Fusion Research Center, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Republic of Korea
Jae-Wook Kang, The Graduate School of Flexible and Printable Electronics, Polymer Materials Fusion Research Center, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Republic of Korea

Keywords

silver nanowire, flexible, transparent conducting electrode, inverted organic solar cell

Abstract

High efficiency and flexible inverted organic solar cells have been fabricated using solution-processed silver nanowire/zinc oxide composite transparent electrodes. The transparent electrodes showed a low sheet resistance of ~13 Ω·sq–1 and high transmittance of ~93% as well as superior mechanical flexibility. Power conversion efficiencies of ~7.57% and ~7.21% were achieved for devices fabricated on glass and plastic substrate, respectively. Moreover, the flexible devices did not show any degradation in their performance even after being folded with a radius of ~480 μm.

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-014-0502-3

Publisher

Tsinghua University Press

Recommended Citation

Myungkwan Song,Jong Hyun Park,Chang Su Kim,Dong-Ho Kim,Yong-Cheol Kang,Sung-Ho Jin,Won-Yong Jin,Jae-Wook Kang, Highly flexible and transparent conducting silver nanowire/ZnO composite film for organic solar cells. NanoRes.2014, 7(9): 1370–1379