One step route to ultra-long Ag nanowires for solar cells
- DOI
- 10.2991/iceep-17.2017.67How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Ag nanowire; ultra-long, transparent electrode.
- Abstract
Currently, the most commonly used TCFs in the electronics industry is indium tin oxide (ITO). However, ITO has some inherent shortcomings, such as high cost and brittle nature, which limited its widespread application. Recent studies have investigated alternatives to ITO. Ag nanowires (AgNWs) is still one of the best material for electronics. This paper reports a method for ultra-long AgNWs with just one step route and apply them as an electrode to Si/PEDOT: PSS solar cells. Through the only one step route, we could dramatically increase the length of the AgNWs form 10æm to even over 100 æm with the development of a novel intermittent growth method. By intermittently adding Ag+ solution, the length of nanowires could be controlled in the range of 20-100 m while diameter of ~ 100 nm with narrow size dispersion was maintained. In addition, Si nanoarray (SiNA)/PEDOT: PSS hybrid solar cells are fabricated with AgNWs electrodes. And the efficiency of solar cells with ultra-long AgNWs electrodes can reach 6% which is 40% higher than that of ITO electrodes. The ultra-long AgNWs can be applied for various opto-electronics and ultimately for future wearable electronics.
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- © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Weiwei He AU - Xiaohu Yan AU - Yifei Long AU - Chan Pan AU - Junli Zhao AU - Yuming Liang AU - Qiuxin Liu PY - 2017/06 DA - 2017/06 TI - One step route to ultra-long Ag nanowires for solar cells BT - Proceedings of the 2017 6th International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection (ICEEP 2017) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 379 EP - 384 SN - 2352-5401 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/iceep-17.2017.67 DO - 10.2991/iceep-17.2017.67 ID - He2017/06 ER -