Assessment of silver nanowires infused with zinc oxide as a transparent electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell applications

Alami, Abdul Hai; Rajab, Bilal; Aokal, Kamilia

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2017.03.171

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“…Furthermore, the low transmittance of ITO within ultraviolet region restricts its application in ultraviolet optoelectronics due to inter‐band absorption and light scattering by free electrons . Numerous alternatives for ITO have proved propitious, including carbonaceous materials, aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO), fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO), and metal nanowire network . Compared with the aforementioned conductive materials, the higher transmittance of metal nanowires into deep‐ultraviolet (≈200 nm) has motivated further research into the fabrication of ultraviolet‐transparent TCE for various optoelectronic applications …”

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“…In comparison with their gold and copper counterparts, silver nanowire (AgNW) has obtained the attention of numerous research groups due to its lower cost and higher physiochemical stability . Although pristine AgNW demonstrated a remarkable transmittance from near‐infrared down to deep‐ultraviolet, its high junction resistance, resulting from poor interconnections of nanowire networks, has been addressed by several researchers . This issue was resolved by the deposition of transparent conductive materials to fill the pores and empty spaces within nanowire networks to enhance their conductivity.…”

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“…This issue was resolved by the deposition of transparent conductive materials to fill the pores and empty spaces within nanowire networks to enhance their conductivity. In regards to the physical instability of AgNW at 200 °C, numerous low temperature‐based techniques were contrived such as electron‐beam evaporation, atomic layer deposition, sputtering, and solution‐processed deposition for coating metal oxides and/or conductive polymers on AgNW . Diverse metal oxides were deposited on AgNW, including ZnMgO, AZO, indium doped zinc oxide (IZO), MoO 3 , and ZnO .…”

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“…In regards to the physical instability of AgNW at 200 °C, numerous low temperature‐based techniques were contrived such as electron‐beam evaporation, atomic layer deposition, sputtering, and solution‐processed deposition for coating metal oxides and/or conductive polymers on AgNW . Diverse metal oxides were deposited on AgNW, including ZnMgO, AZO, indium doped zinc oxide (IZO), MoO 3 , and ZnO . Besides, numerous polymeric materials such as poly (3,4‐ethylenediowythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), polydopamine, and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) were infused within AgNW networks .…”

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Low Temperature Fabrication of Transparent Conductive Electrode With High Ultraviolet Transmittance Down to Wavelength of 250 nm

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Rosli

Noh

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Indium tin oxide (ITO) is a broadly deployed transparent conductive electrode (TCE) with various applications in solar energy harvesting and optoelectronics. However, the low transmittance of ITO in the ultraviolet range has motivated researchers to opt for alternative materials as TCE. In this paper, the fabrication of a hybrid TCE made up of silver nanowire (AgNW) and peroxo-constructed amorphous strontium stannate (pcaSS) is reported, employing facile spin coating solution-processed method at 150 C. The fabricated TCE demonstrated low sheet resistance of 32.8 Ω sq À1 and high transmittance of 88.2% at 550 nm. Furthermore, benefitting from the ultrahigh band gap of as-synthesized pcaSS (4.5 eV), this TCE maintained its high transmittance (above 80%) inside ultraviolet range down to wavelength of 250 nm. This research contributes to the fabrication of more efficient solar energy and ultraviolet optoelectronic devices.Indium tin oxide (ITO) has been commercialized as a transparent conductive electrode (TCE) with various applications in solar cells, LEDs, and touch screens, to name a few. Nevertheless, the scarcity of indium has necessitated the replacement of ITO with alternative thin films. [1,2] Furthermore, the low transmittance of ITO within ultraviolet region restricts its application in ultraviolet optoelectronics due to inter-band absorption and light scattering by free electrons. [3,4] Numerous alternatives for ITO have proved propitious, including carbonaceous materials, [5][6][7] aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO), [8,9] fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO), [10,11] and metal nanowire network. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] Compared with the aforementioned conductive materials, the higher transmittance of metal nanowires into deep-ultraviolet (%200 nm) has motivated further research into the fabrication of ultraviolettransparent TCE for various optoelectronic applications. [18] In comparison with their gold and copper counterparts, silver nanowire (AgNW) has obtained the attention of numerous research groups due to its lower cost and higher physiochemical stability. [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] Although pristine AgNW demonstrated a remarkable transmittance from near-infrared down to deep-ultraviolet, [18] its high junction resistance, resulting from poor interconnections of nanowire networks, has been addressed by several researchers. [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] This issue was resolved by the deposition of transparent conductive materials to fill the pores and empty spaces within nanowire networks to enhance their conductivity. In regards to the physical instability of AgNW at 200 C, [17,20] numerous low temperaturebased techniques were contrived such as electron-beam evaporation, [18] atomic layer deposition, [19] sputtering, [20][21][22] and solution-processed deposition for coating metal oxides and/or conductive polymers on AgNW. [23][24][25][26][27] Diverse metal oxides were deposited on AgNW, including ZnMgO, [19] AZO, [21] indium doped zinc oxi...

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Section: Performance Comparison Of Different Tcesmentioning

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Section: Performance Comparison Of Different Tcesmentioning

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Low Temperature Fabrication of Transparent Conductive Electrode With High Ultraviolet Transmittance Down to Wavelength of 250 nm

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Noh

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“…Several materials have been proposed to replace the ITO such as metal nanowires [11][12][13][14], carbon base electrode (carbon nanotube [15,16], or graphene [17]), and hybrid material (ITO/silver nanowire [18], silver nanowire/metal mesh [19,20] or silver nanowire/ZnO nanoparticle [21][22][23]). Silver nanoparticles and more precisely Ag nanowires (AgNW) are often described as one of the most promising alternatives due to excellent electrical conductivity and high transparency [24].…”

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Robust transparent conducting electrode based on silver nanowire coating on polyelectrolytes multilayers

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Transparent conductive electrodes were fabricated by the deposition of silver nanowires (AgNW) on various substrates modified by the deposition of polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEM) as primer. The PEM primer films were coated on the glass substrate by the sequential deposition of 7 or 8 layers of poly(diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride) (PDADMAC) and poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS) to improve the adhesion of AgNW and produce flexible transparent conducting *Manuscript Click here to view linked References maintaining excellent transparency (85% transmission at 550 nm) even after up to 6 peeling test cycles. Finally, to demonstrate the benefit of this method, poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) sheet was coated with PEM primer and AgNW to produce flexible transparent conducting electrode.

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Comprehensive assessment of the Calotropis procera natural dye extracts with weather effects for photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing

Alashkar

Alasad

Aljaghoub

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Intl J of Energy Research

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This work studies the Calotropis procera, a xerophytic plant of the hyper-arid hot deserts of the Gulf region, as a model to assess correlations between environmental conditions and photosynthetic efficiency. Plant structure and environmental factors are thoroughly assessed, such as leaf surface orientation, daytime, and photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD). The latter measures effect of incident light on leaf surface on the photosynthesis efficiency of Calotropis, and consequently the performance of a solar cell. Furthermore, the linear Angstrom model is developed to correlate solar irradiance and sunlit hours with the quality of incident radiation on cell performance. It was interesting to note that leaves facing east and south directions received higher incident light and temperatures, attained lower potential quantum efficiency and operating efficiency but higher values of nonphotochemical chlorophyll fluorescence quenching. Such results indicate that the loss of excess excitation energy was insufficient to enhance the photosynthesis efficiency in these directions. The dye extracts were used to build a dye-sensitized solar cells that were compared to ones using synthetic ruthenium dye. The Calotropis photosystem demonstrated lower efficiencies (0.157% vs 1.58% from Ru cells). Nevertheless, for the Calotropis-based cells, a figure-of-merit of cell efficiency over their production cost makes them a good candidate for research and development efforts to overcome obvious drawbacks of low efficiency and stability.

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Assessment of silver nanowires infused with zinc oxide as a transparent electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell applications

Cited by 25 publications

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Low Temperature Fabrication of Transparent Conductive Electrode With High Ultraviolet Transmittance Down to Wavelength of 250 nm

Low Temperature Fabrication of Transparent Conductive Electrode With High Ultraviolet Transmittance Down to Wavelength of 250 nm

Robust transparent conducting electrode based on silver nanowire coating on polyelectrolytes multilayers

Comprehensive assessment of the Calotropis procera natural dye extracts with weather effects for photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing

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