journal article·2019-04-01Open access

Optoelectronic performance of AgNW transparent conductive films with different width-to-height ratios and a figure of merit embodying an optical haze

A. Hubarevich, M. Marus, Y. Mukha, K. Wang, A. Smirnov, X. W. Sun

AIP Advances· Volume 9· Issue 4

Abstract

Transparent conductive films (TCFs) based on rectangularly shaped silver nanowires (AgNWs) with different width-to-height ratios were theoretically studied. We show that tall AgNWs (height > width) possess higher transmittance and lower sheet resistance compared to other configurations of AgNWs. Moreover, tall AgNWs possesses significantly higher optical haze, which makes them a transparent conductor of choice for thin solar cell applications. For applications requiring low haze such as displays and touch screens, we propose an updated figure of merit embodying transmittance, sheet resistance and haze, allowing tuning width-to-height ratio to achieve a reasonable AgNW TCF performance trade-off. Obtained results offer a means for deeper analysis of AgNW properties for many optoelectronic applications.
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OpenAlex topics: Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies · Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Thin-Film Transistor Technologies

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Affiliations

Laboratory for Information Displays and Optical Processing Systems, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR) 1 , 6 P. Brovki Street, Minsk 220013, Belarus

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

Shenzhen Planck Innovation Technologies Co. Ltd 3 , Shenzhen 518112, China

Funding

BAS Innovation Ltd., Minsk, Belarus · Belarusian State Program for Scientific Research «Convergence-2020» · Guangdong Higher Education Key Lab of Advanced Quantum Dot Displays and Lighting · National Key Research and Development Program of China administrated by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China · Shenzhen Innovation Project · Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Advanced Quantum Dot Displays and Lighting · Shenzhen Peacock Team Project · State Programs of Scientific Research of the Republic of Belarus «Physical Materials Science, New Materials and Technologies» · National Natural Science Foundation of China

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