Solution process formation of high performance, stable nanostructured transparent metal electrodes via displacement-diffusion-etch process

Solution-processed metal nanowire mesh transparent electrodes.

Transparent conductive electrodes are important components of thin-film solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and many display technologies. Doped metal oxides are commonly used, but their optical transparency is limited for films with a low sheet resistance. Furthermore, they are prone to cracking when deposited on flexible substrates, are costly, and require a high-temperature step for the best...

Flexible, transparent dielectric capacitors with nanostructured electrodes

Hybrid transparent electrodes of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes: a low-temperature solution process

Hybrid transparent electrodes with silver nanowires (AgNWs) and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were fabricated on plastic films by a low-temperature solution process. The hybrid transparent electrodes exhibited a sheet resistance of 29.2 Ω/sq with a transparency of 80% when 6 wt.% of SWCNTs was mixed with AgNWs. This sheet resistance was less than one-fourth that of the AgNW transparen...

Transparent and Stretchable Metal Electrodes

Thin layers of lamellar-forming polystyrene-block-poly (methyl-methacrylate) (PS-b-PMMA) provide the templates for fabricating nanowires with a “fingerprint” morphology. The electrical characteristics of the nanowires were measured, and largely deviated from simulated devices due to high defect density. Their highly curved conformation makes the nanowires strong candidates for electrical testin...

Solution processable broadband transparent mixed metal oxide nanofilm optical coatings via substrate diffusion doping.

Devices composed of transparent materials, particularly those utilizing metal oxides, are of significant interest due to increased demand from industry for higher fidelity transparent thin film transistors, photovoltaics and a myriad of other optoelectronic devices and optics that require more cost-effective and simplified processing techniques for functional oxides and coatings. Here, we repor...