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Solution-processed copper-nickel nanowire anodes for organic solar cells.

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Stewart, IE; Rathmell, AR; Yan, L; Ye, S; Flowers, PF; You, W; Wiley, BJ
Published in: Nanoscale
June 2014

This work describes a process to make anodes for organic solar cells from copper-nickel nanowires with solution-phase processing. Copper nanowire films were coated from solution onto glass and made conductive by dipping them in acetic acid. Acetic acid removes the passivating oxide from the surface of copper nanowires, thereby reducing the contact resistance between nanowires to nearly the same extent as hydrogen annealing. Films of copper nanowires were made as oxidation resistant as silver nanowires under dry and humid conditions by dipping them in an electroless nickel plating solution. Organic solar cells utilizing these completely solution-processed copper-nickel nanowire films exhibited efficiencies of 4.9%.

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Nanoscale

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EISSN

2040-3372

ISSN

2040-3364

Publication Date

June 2014

Volume

6

Issue

11

Start / End Page

5980 / 5988

Related Subject Headings

  • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 10 Technology
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
  • 02 Physical Sciences
 

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Stewart, I. E., Rathmell, A. R., Yan, L., Ye, S., Flowers, P. F., You, W., & Wiley, B. J. (2014). Solution-processed copper-nickel nanowire anodes for organic solar cells. Nanoscale, 6(11), 5980–5988. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4nr01024h
Stewart, Ian E., Aaron R. Rathmell, Liang Yan, Shengrong Ye, Patrick F. Flowers, Wei You, and Benjamin J. Wiley. “Solution-processed copper-nickel nanowire anodes for organic solar cells.Nanoscale 6, no. 11 (June 2014): 5980–88. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4nr01024h.
Stewart IE, Rathmell AR, Yan L, Ye S, Flowers PF, You W, et al. Solution-processed copper-nickel nanowire anodes for organic solar cells. Nanoscale. 2014 Jun;6(11):5980–8.
Stewart, Ian E., et al. “Solution-processed copper-nickel nanowire anodes for organic solar cells.Nanoscale, vol. 6, no. 11, June 2014, pp. 5980–88. Epmc, doi:10.1039/c4nr01024h.
Stewart IE, Rathmell AR, Yan L, Ye S, Flowers PF, You W, Wiley BJ. Solution-processed copper-nickel nanowire anodes for organic solar cells. Nanoscale. 2014 Jun;6(11):5980–5988.
Journal cover image

Published In

Nanoscale

DOI

EISSN

2040-3372

ISSN

2040-3364

Publication Date

June 2014

Volume

6

Issue

11

Start / End Page

5980 / 5988

Related Subject Headings

  • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 10 Technology
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
  • 02 Physical Sciences