Invisible Ag grid embedded with ITO nanoparticle layer as a transparent hybrid electrode

Jin A. Jeong; Han Ki Kim; Jihoon Kim

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2014.03.003

Invisible Ag grid embedded with ITO nanoparticle layer as a transparent hybrid electrode

Jin A. Jeong
, Han Ki Kim
, Jihoon Kim

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Abstract

Ag grid and indium tin oxide (ITO) nanoparticles were assembled by electrohydrodynamic (EHD) jet-printing and brush-painting to realize high-quality printable, transparent conductive electrodes. Effective embedment of an EHD jet-printed Ag grid with a line width of 7.5 μm in brush-painted ITO nanoparticles led to an invisible Ag grid/ITO hybrid electrode with a resistivity of 4.20×10^-5 -cm and an optical transmittance of 83.72% at the optimized Ag grid pitch of 300 μm. Increased carrier concentration supplied by the EHD jet-printed Ag grid reduced the resistivity of Ag grid/ITO hybrid electrodes compared to that of metallic electrodes. The good match between calculated and measured figure of merit values based on the filling factor (f_F) indicated that embedment of an EHD jet-printed Ag grid in brush-painted ITO nanoparticle is an effective approach to obtain high quality printable transparent electrodes for use in all-printable optoelectronic devices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-119
Number of pages	7
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	125
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2014.03.003
State	Published - Jun 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Ag grid
Brush painting
Electrohydrodynamic jet
Hybrid electrodes
ITO nanoparticles

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Invisible Ag grid embedded with ITO nanoparticle layer as a transparent hybrid electrode

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