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Solution-processable graphene mesh transparent electrodes for organic solar cells

Show Author's Information Qian Zhang1,  Xiangjian Wan1,  Fei Xing2,  Lu Huang1,  Guankui Long1,  Ningbo Yi1,  Wang Ni1,  Zhibo Liu2,  Jianguo Tian2,  Yongsheng Chen1( )
Key Laboratory for Functional Polymer Materials and Centre for Nanoscale Science and TechnologyInstitute of Polymer ChemistryCollege of ChemistryNankai UniversityTianjin300071China
The Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear PhotonicsMinistry of EducationTeda Applied Physics School and School of PhysicsNankai UniversityTianjin300071China
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graphene, photolithography, transparent electrode, mesh electrode, organic photovoltaic cells
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Zhang Q, Wan X, Xing F, et al. Solution-processable graphene mesh transparent electrodes for organic solar cells. Nano Research, 2013, 6(7): 478-484. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-013-0325-7
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Graphene mesh electrodes (GMEs) with good conductivity and transparency have been fabricated by the standard industrial photolithography and O2 plasma etching process using graphene solutions. Organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells using GMEs as the transparent electrodes with a blend of poly-(3-hexylthiophene)/phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT/PC61BM) as the active layer have been fabricated and exhibit a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.04%, the highest PCE for solution-processed graphene transparent electrode-based solar cells reported to date.


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Solution-processable graphene mesh transparent electrodes for organic solar cells

Show Author's information Qian Zhang1, Xiangjian Wan1, Fei Xing2, Lu Huang1, Guankui Long1, Ningbo Yi1, Wang Ni1, Zhibo Liu2, Jianguo Tian2, Yongsheng Chen1( )
Key Laboratory for Functional Polymer Materials and Centre for Nanoscale Science and TechnologyInstitute of Polymer ChemistryCollege of ChemistryNankai UniversityTianjin300071China
The Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear PhotonicsMinistry of EducationTeda Applied Physics School and School of PhysicsNankai UniversityTianjin300071China

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Graphene mesh electrodes (GMEs) with good conductivity and transparency have been fabricated by the standard industrial photolithography and O2 plasma etching process using graphene solutions. Organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells using GMEs as the transparent electrodes with a blend of poly-(3-hexylthiophene)/phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT/PC61BM) as the active layer have been fabricated and exhibit a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.04%, the highest PCE for solution-processed graphene transparent electrode-based solar cells reported to date.

Keywords: graphene, photolithography, transparent electrode, mesh electrode, organic photovoltaic cells

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Received: 19 March 2013
Revised: 18 April 2013
Accepted: 18 April 2013
Published: 06 May 2013
Issue date: July 2013

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (Grants Nos. 2012CB933401 and 2011DFB50300), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. 51273093 and 50933003) and Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (Grant No. 10ZCGHHZ00600).

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