Development of Au-Ag nanowire mesh fabrication by UV-induced approach
Abstract
In an attempt to overcome the limitations of the presently prevailing transparent conducting electrode (TCE) - indium tin oxide (ITO) - many materials have been considered for replacing ITO. Recently, a novel method has been reported for the synthesis of Au-Ag nanowire (NW) mesh, and tested successfully for organic-light-emitting-diodes (OLEDs). It employs UV-induced reduction of gold- and silver- precursors to form Au-Ag NW mesh. In this report, Au-Ag NW mesh thin films are synthesized on glass substrates with an objective for use as facing-electrode for Organic Photovoltaics. Various issues and factors affecting the fabrication-process have been improved, and are also discussed here. The electrode showed good transmitivity, of around 95% (excluding that of glass substrate). The advantage of the technique is its simple processing method and cost-effectiveness.
- Authors:
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- Laboratory for Molecular Photonics and Electronics, Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala, India and School of Nanoscience and Technology, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala (India)
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 22308032
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 1620; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: Optics 14: International conference on optics: Light and its interactions with matter, Calicut, Kerala (India), 19-21 Mar 2014; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; GLASS; GOLD; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECT; PRECURSOR; QUANTUM WIRES; SILVER; SUBSTRATES; SYNTHESIS; THIN FILMS; TIN OXIDES
Citation Formats
Saggar, Siddhartha, and Predeep, Padmanabhan. Development of Au-Ag nanowire mesh fabrication by UV-induced approach. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4898287.
Saggar, Siddhartha, & Predeep, Padmanabhan. Development of Au-Ag nanowire mesh fabrication by UV-induced approach. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4898287
Saggar, Siddhartha, and Predeep, Padmanabhan. 2014.
"Development of Au-Ag nanowire mesh fabrication by UV-induced approach". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4898287.
@article{osti_22308032,
title = {Development of Au-Ag nanowire mesh fabrication by UV-induced approach},
author = {Saggar, Siddhartha and Predeep, Padmanabhan},
abstractNote = {In an attempt to overcome the limitations of the presently prevailing transparent conducting electrode (TCE) - indium tin oxide (ITO) - many materials have been considered for replacing ITO. Recently, a novel method has been reported for the synthesis of Au-Ag nanowire (NW) mesh, and tested successfully for organic-light-emitting-diodes (OLEDs). It employs UV-induced reduction of gold- and silver- precursors to form Au-Ag NW mesh. In this report, Au-Ag NW mesh thin films are synthesized on glass substrates with an objective for use as facing-electrode for Organic Photovoltaics. Various issues and factors affecting the fabrication-process have been improved, and are also discussed here. The electrode showed good transmitivity, of around 95% (excluding that of glass substrate). The advantage of the technique is its simple processing method and cost-effectiveness.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4898287},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22308032},
journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1620,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}