Annealing-free fabrication of highly oxidation-resistive copper nanowire composite conductors for photovoltaics

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Won, Yulim ^a   Kim, Areum ^a   Lee, Donggyu ^a   Yang, Wooseok ^a   Woo, Kyoohee ^a   Jeong, Sunho ^b   Moon, Jooho ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemical reduction treatment; Copper nanowire; Indium free transparent electrodes; Photovoltaic; Thermal oxidation resistance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; LACTIC ACID; NANOWIRES; OXIDATION; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONTROLS; CHEMICAL REDUCTION; COPPER NANOWIRES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; THERMAL INSTABILITIES; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

COPPER;

EID: 84903729808     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2014.36     Document Type: Article

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