Ding, Ziqian, Stoichkov, Vasil, Horie, Masaki, Brousseau, Emmanuel Bruno Jean-Paul and Kettle, Jeffrey 2016. Spray coated silver nanowires as transparent electrodes in OPVs for Building Integrated Photovoltaics applications. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 157 , pp. 305-311. 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.05.053 |
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Abstract
The application of spray coated silver nanowires (AgNWs) onto OPVs for building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPVs) is demonstrated. By using AgNWs with PEDOT:PSS, a transparent conductive layer was demonstrated on top of an P3HT:PCBM active layer with a sheet resistance of 30 Ω/⎕ for 90% transparency. This has been applied to two separate configurations; semi-transparent OPVs for solar glazing applications and OPVs onto an opaque substrate, namely steel. For the latter, a novel technique to planarise the steel substrate with an intermediate layer is also presented, with a substantial decrease in surface roughness reported to ensure that the substrate is smooth enough to use for OPV fabrication. The use of SU-8 as an intermediate layer reduced the surface roughness to RA=10 nm, which is one of the lowest values reported to date, and was achieved on a low cost substrate (DC01 low carbon steel) using solution processing. Keywords
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Systems At Cardiff (CAMSAC) Engineering |
Subjects: | T Technology > TS Manufactures |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Organic solar cells; Building Integrated PVS; Silver nanowires; Intermediate layer |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 0927-0248 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 10 June 2016 |
Date of Acceptance: | 23 May 2016 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2017 11:59 |
URI: | http://orca.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/91509 |
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