journal article·2021-04-01Open access

Nanopatterned metallic transparent electrodes for the near-infrared spectrum

Aliaksandr Hubarevich, Mikita Marus, Yauhen Mukha, Aliaksandr Smirnov, Xiao Wei Sun

AIP Advances· Volume 11· Issue 4

Abstract

Near-infrared transparent electrodes constitute an essential component of light-emitting and photovoltaic devices widely employed in short- and long-range communication, light detection and ranging, biodiagnostics, security, virtual and augmented reality, night vision, gas sensing, and solar cells. However, the efficiency of all these devices and related applications suffers from significantly reduced transmittance of the indium tin oxide electrode compared to the visible wavelength range. Here, we explore the potential of randomly and uniformly arranged silver, gold, and aluminum nanopore and nanowire films for the near-infrared optoelectronics. We show that these metallic nanopatterned layers, except for randomly arranged nanoporous configurations, exhibit considerably higher performance than the commonly used indium tin oxide. Furthermore, silver layers possess higher transmittance and lower haze than gold and aluminum ones, while the nanowire configuration overperforms the nanoporous one. The obtained results offer a means for deeper analysis of metallic nanopatterned transparent electrodes for many near-infrared optoelectronic applications.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies · Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

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Affiliations

Laboratory for Information Display and Processing Units, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics 1 , 6 P. Brovki, 220013 Minsk, Belarus

Guangdong Higher Education Key Lab of Advanced Quantum Dot Displays and Lighting, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Quantum Dot Displays and Lighting, and Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) 2 , 1088 Xueyuan Avenue, 518055 Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China

Funding

Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research · BAS Innovation Ltd. · State Programs of Scientific Research of the Republic of Belarus “Physical Materials Science, New Materials and Technologies” · National Key Research and Development Program of China · Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province · Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Advanced Quantum Dot Displays and Lighting · Shenzhen Peacock Plan

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