High figure-of-merit Ag/Al:ZnO nano-thick transparent electrodes for indium-free flexible photovoltaics

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 338-343

  Ghosh, D S ^a   Chen, T L ^a   Formica, N ^a   Hwang, J ^b   Bruder, I ^b   Pruneri, V ^a,c  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Figure of merit; Indium free; Transparent conductive oxides; Ultrathin metal films

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE; ANTI-REFLECTION; DAMP HEAT; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY; FIGURE-OF-MERIT; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH WORK FUNCTION; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; INDIUM-FREE; LOW COSTS; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; METAL FILM; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE PROCESSING; TRANSPARENT ANODES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INDIUM; OPTICAL FILMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SILVER; TIN; TIN OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE;

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EID: 84867580002     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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