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High-performance transparent copper grid electrodes fabricated by microcontact lithography for organic photovoltaics

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Bellchambers, Philip, Varagnolo, Silvia, Maltby, Corinne and Hatton, Ross A. (2021) High-performance transparent copper grid electrodes fabricated by microcontact lithography for organic photovoltaics. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 4 (4). pp. 4150-4155. doi:10.1021/acsaem.1c00469

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c00469

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Abstract

We report high-performance transparent copper grid electrodes on glass and plastic substrates that offer a higher Haacke figure-of-merit than conventional indium tin oxide electrodes and are well-matched to the requirements for organic photovoltaics (OPVs). The electrode is fabricated using microcontact lithography with a combination of molecular resist and low toxicity etchant, namely, hexadecanethiol and aqueous ammonium persulfate. This approach to electrode fabrication is much faster than conventional lithography because it takes <2 s to print the molecular resist layer and tens of seconds to etch the copper film, with both processes performed in ambient air. The grid line width achieved is >20 times narrower than is possible using conventional metal printing methods and so a grid pitch <30 μm is easily achieved without increasing metal coverage. The very small grid-line spacing relaxes the requirement to use highly conductive films to span the gaps between grid lines, reducing parasitic absorption losses. This is demonstrated using an extremely thin (10 nm) poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) layer. Additionally, we present evidence that it is not always necessarily to embed the metal grid into the substrate or to planarize with a charge-transport layer, to avoid leakage current across the OPV device.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Chemistry
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering
SWORD Depositor: Library Publications Router
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Photovoltaic power generation , Electrodes, Copper , Microlithography
Journal or Publication Title: ACS Applied Energy Materials
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
ISSN: 2574-0962
Official Date: 26 April 2021
Dates:
DateEvent
26 April 2021Published
5 April 2021Available
18 March 2021Accepted
Volume: 4
Number: 4
Page Range: pp. 4150-4155
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c00469
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): “This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Applied Energy Materials, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see [insert ACS Articles on Request author-directed link to Published Work, see http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/articlesonrequest/index.html].”
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2021 American Chemical Society
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Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
EP/N009096/1 [EPSRC] Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266
EP/N509796/1[EPSRC] Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266

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