Issue 29, 2014
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

A cracked polymer templated metal network as a transparent conducting electrode for ITO-free organic solar cells†

K. D. M. Rao,a   Christoph Hunger,b   Ritu Gupta,a   Giridhar U. Kulkarni*a  and  Mukundan Thelakkat*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Chemistry & Physics of Materials Unit and Thematic Unit of Excellence in Nanochemistry, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P.O., Bangalore 560 064, India
E-mail: kulkarni@jncasr.ac.in

b Applied Functional Polymers, Macromolecular Chemistry I, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
E-mail: mukundan.thelakkat@uni-bayreuth.de

Abstract

We report a highly transparent, low resistance Ag metal network templated by a cracked polymer thin film and its incorporation in an organic solar cell. The performance of this scalable metallic network is comparable to that of conventional ITO electrodes. This is a general approach to replace ITO in diverse thin film devices.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CP02250E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 May 2014
Accepted
03 Jun 2014
First published
09 Jun 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014,16, 15107-15110

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A cracked polymer templated metal network as a transparent conducting electrode for ITO-free organic solar cells

K. D. M. Rao, C. Hunger, R. Gupta, G. U. Kulkarni and M. Thelakkat, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 15107 DOI: 10.1039/C4CP02250E

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