• Frontiers of Optoelectronics
  • Vol. 10, Issue 4, 402 (2017)
Tao YUAN, Zhonghuan CAO, and Guoli TU*
Author Affiliations
  • Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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    DOI: doi 10.1007/s12200-017-0713-9.1 Cite this Article
    Tao YUAN, Zhonghuan CAO, Guoli TU. Indium tin oxide-free inverted polymer solar cells with ultrathin metal transparent electrodes[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2017, 10(4): 402 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Efficient indium tin oxide (ITO)-free inverted polymer solar cells (PSCs) were fabricated by applying ultrathin metal transparent electrodes as sunlight incident electrodes. Smooth and continuous Ag film of 4 nm thickness was developed through the introduction of a 2 nm Au seed layer. Ultrathin Ag transparent electrode with an average transmittance of up to 80% from 480 to 680 nm and a sheet resistance of 35.4 W/sq was obtained through the introduction of a ZnO anti-reflective layer. The ultrathin metal electrode could be directly used as cathode in polymer solar cells without oxygen plasma treatment. ITO-free inverted PSCs obtained a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 5.2% by utilizing the ultrathin metal transparent electrodes. These results demonstrated a simple method of fabricating ITO-free inverted PSCs.
    Tao YUAN, Zhonghuan CAO, Guoli TU. Indium tin oxide-free inverted polymer solar cells with ultrathin metal transparent electrodes[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2017, 10(4): 402
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