Nanoparticle-based, spray-coated silver top contacts for efficient polymer solar cells

Claudio Girotto; Barry P. Rand; Soeren Steudel; Jan Genoe; Paul Heremans

doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2009.03.006

Nanoparticle-based, spray-coated silver top contacts for efficient polymer solar cells

Claudio Girotto, Barry P. Rand, Soeren Steudel, Jan Genoe, Paul Heremans

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We demonstrate a solution-processed top electrode for large area organic electronic devices. A Ag nanoparticle solution is spray-coated directly on top of an inverted bulk-heterojunction organic solar cell through a shadow mask. After sintering the Ag nanoparticle film at 150 °C, a temperature which is compatible with processes on flexible substrates, cells show performances comparable to those of reference devices with evaporated top-contacts.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	735-740
Number of pages	6
Journal	Organic Electronics
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2009.03.006
State	Published - Jul 2009

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Biomaterials
General Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

65.80.+n
73.61.At
81.07.-b
81.15.Rs
84.60.Jt
Ag nanoparticles
Metal top contact
Organic solar cells
Solution processing
Spray coating

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Nanoparticle-based, spray-coated silver top contacts for efficient polymer solar cells

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