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Silver Nanowire Composite Window Layers for Fully Solution-Deposited Thin-Film Photovoltaic Devices

  1. Choong-Heui Chung,
  2. Tze-Bin Song,
  3. Brion Bob,
  4. Rui Zhu,
  5. Hsin-Sheng Duan,
  6. Yang Yang*

Article first published online: 7 AUG 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201201010

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 40, pages 5499–5504, October 23, 2012

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How to Cite

Chung, C.-H., Song, T.-B., Bob, B., Zhu, R., Duan, H.-S. and Yang, Y. (2012), Silver Nanowire Composite Window Layers for Fully Solution-Deposited Thin-Film Photovoltaic Devices. Adv. Mater., 24: 5499–5504. doi: 10.1002/adma.201201010

Author Information

  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering and California NanoSystems, Institute University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

*Department of Materials Science and Engineering and California NanoSystems, Institute University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 OCT 2012
  2. Article first published online: 7 AUG 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 21 MAY 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 10 MAR 2012

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Keywords:

  • silver nanowire;
  • conductive metal oxide nanoparticle;
  • indium tin oxide;
  • thin film solar cells
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A silver nanowire-indium tin oxide nanoparticle composite and its successful application to fully solution processed CuInSe2 solar cells as a window layer are demonstrated, effectively replacing the traditionally sputtered both intrinsic zinc oxide and indium tin oxide layers. The devices utilizing the nanocomposite window layer demonstrate photovoltaic parameters equal to or even beyond those with sputtered intrinsic zinc oxide and indium tin oxide contacts.

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