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Transparent Metal Network with Low Haze and High Figure of Merit applied to Front and Back Electrodes in Semitransparent ITO-free Polymer Solar Cells

Title data

Hunger, Christoph ; Rao, K. D. M. ; Gupta, Ritu ; Singh, Chetan R. ; Kulkarni, Giridhar U. ; Thelakkat, Mukundan:
Transparent Metal Network with Low Haze and High Figure of Merit applied to Front and Back Electrodes in Semitransparent ITO-free Polymer Solar Cells.
In: Energy Technology. Vol. 3 (2015) Issue 6 . - pp. 638-645.
ISSN 2194-4296
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.201500014

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Project information

Project financing: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst

Abstract in another language

In the quest for indium-tin oxide (ITO)-free photovoltaics and for building integrated as well as automobile roof applications, novel transparent electrodes for both front and back electrodes are required. Here we report the fabrication and integration of submicrometer transparent silver (Ag) and gold (Au) metal network electrodes, which are invisible to the naked eye, in organic photovoltaic devices. We exploit the idea of using the spontaneous cracking of a polymer layer as template to prepare the metal network. The main challenge is to apply the cracked template approach on top of soluble organic layers and to lift off the template without damaging the photoactive layer. We demonstrate that Ag or Au back electrodes can be fabricated maintaining a transmittance of 80 for the whole visible range. These electrodes exhibit ultralow haze of approximately 5 and an excellent figure of merit value. Moreover, the ITO-free semitransparent polymer solar cell incorporating the Ag/Ag network electrodes exhibits 57 transmittance above 650 nm.

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Item Type: Article in a journal
Refereed: Yes
Keywords: ITO-free; organic solar cell; photovoltaics; silver; transparent conducting electrode
Institutions of the University: Faculties
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Chair Macromolecular Chemistry I
Profile Fields
Profile Fields > Advanced Fields
Profile Fields > Advanced Fields > Polymer and Colloid Science
Profile Fields > Emerging Fields
Profile Fields > Emerging Fields > Energy Research and Energy Technology
Research Institutions
Research Institutions > Collaborative Research Centers, Research Unit
Research Institutions > Collaborative Research Centers, Research Unit > SFB 840 Von partikulären Nanosystemen zur Mesotechnologie
Research Institutions > Collaborative Research Centers, Research Unit > SFB 840 Von partikulären Nanosystemen zur Mesotechnologie > SFB 840 - TP B 7
Research Institutions > EU Research Projects
Research Institutions > EU Research Projects > LARGECELLS - Large-area Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells
Graduate Schools
Graduate Schools > Bayreuth Graduate School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences (BayNAT)
Graduate Schools > Bayreuth Graduate School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences (BayNAT) > Photophysics of Synthetic and Biological Multichromophoric Systems
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Professor Applied Functional Polymers > Professor Applied Functional Polymers - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mukundan Thelakkat
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Professor Applied Functional Polymers
Result of work at the UBT: Yes
DDC Subjects: 500 Science
500 Science > 540 Chemistry
Date Deposited: 23 Jun 2016 08:42
Last Modified: 19 Jul 2016 12:32
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/32201