Effects of silver nanowire concentration and annealing temperature on the optoelectronic properties of hybrid transparent electrodes

Autor: Keh-Moh Lin, Wen-Tse Hsiao, Chia-Yua n Chou, Sin-Wei Wu, Ru-Li Lin
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 28:5144-5153
ISSN: 1573-482X
0957-4522
DOI: 10.1007/s10854-016-6170-1
Popis: In this study, Ag nanowire (AgNW) was used to fabricate ITO/AgNW/ITO (IAI) and ZnO/AgNW/ZnO (ZAZ) hybrid transparent electrodes. The covered area ratio of AgNW showed that when AgNW concentration n AgNW ≥ 2.0 mg/mL, AgNW easily agglomerated during the spin-coating. Meanwhile, Haacke index and haziness measurements also indicated that for application with high optical demands, the AgNW concentration should be ≤2.0 mg/mL for both ZnO or ITO systems. In this study, when n AgNW = 2.0 mg/mL, the sheet resistant of ZAZ electrodes was 10.5 Ω/sq while the transmittance (including glass) was 72.7% in the visible region. For IAI electrodes, the sheet resistant was 18.8 Ω/sq and transmittance (including glass) was 78.2% in the visible region. Further analysis implied that the sheet resistance of hybrid electrodes could be as low as 10 Ω/sq by optimizing AgNW distribution as well as using suitable annealing techniques.
Databáze: OpenAIRE