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http://dx.doi.org/10.7735/ksmte.2015.24.1.043

Silver Nanowire Anode-Based, Large-Area Indium Tin Oxide-Free Organic Photovoltaic Cells Fabricated by the Knife Coating Method  

Han, Kyuhyo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST))
Kim, Gunwoo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST))
Lee, Jaehak (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST))
Seok, Jaeyoung (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST))
Yang, Minyang (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST))
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Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers / v.24, no.1, 2015 , pp. 43-48 More about this Journal
Abstract
Silver nanowire (AgNW) is a material that is increasingly being used for transparent electrodes, as a substitute for indium tin oxide (ITO), owing to its flexibility, high transmittance to sheet resistance ratio, and simple production process. This study involves manufacturing large-area organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) deposited on AgNW electrodes. We compared the efficiency of OPVs with ITO and AgNW electrodes. The results verified that an OPV with an AgNW electrode performed better than that with an ITO electrode. Furthermore, by using the knife coating method, we successfully fabricated large-area OPVs without the loss of efficiency. Use of AgNW instead of ITO demonstrated that an OPV could be produced on various substrates by the solution process method, dropping the productions costs significantly. Additionally, by using the knife coating method, the process time and amount of wasted solution are reduced. This leads to an increase in the efficient fabrication of the OPV.
Keywords
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs); Knife coating method; Silver nanowire; Indium tin oxide (ITO); Transparent electrode;
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