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Transparent conductors based on microscale/nanoscale materials for high performance devices.

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Title/Author:	Transparent conductors based on microscale/nanoscale materials for high performance devices./
Author:	Gao, Tongchuan.
Description:	1 online resource (131 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 78-10, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International78-10B.
Subject:	Industrial engineering. -
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ISBN:	9781369657524

Transparent conductors based on microscale/nanoscale materials for high performance devices.
Gao, Tongchuan.

Transparent conductors based on microscale/nanoscale materials for high performance devices. - 1 online resource (131 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 78-10, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references

Transparent conductors are important as the top electrode for a variety of optoelectronic devices, including solar cells, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), at panel displays, and touch screens. Doped indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films are the predominant transparent conductor material. However, ITO thin films are brittle, making them unsuitable for the emerging flexible devices, and suffer from high material and processing cost. In my thesis, we developed a variety of transparent conductors toward a performance comparable with or superior to ITO thin films, with lower cost and potential for scalable manufacturing. Metal nanomesh (NM), hierarchical graphene/metal microgrid (MG), and hierarchical metal NM/MG materials were investigated. Simulation methods were used as a powerful tool to predict the transparency and sheet resistance of the transparent conductors by solving Maxwell's equations and Poisson's equation. Affordable and scalable fabrication processes were developed thereafter. Transparent conductors with over 90% transparency and less than 10 Ω/square sheet resistance were successfully fabricated on both rigid and flexible substrates. Durability tests, such as bending, heating and tape tests, were carried out to evaluate the robustness of the samples. Haze factor, which characterizes how blurry a transparent conductor appears, was also studied in-depth using analytical calculation and numerical simulation. We demonstrated a tunable haze factor for metal NM transparent conductors and analyzed the principle for tuning the haze factor. Plasmonic effects, excited by some transparent conductors, can lead to enhanced performance in photovoltaic devices. We systematically studied the effect of incorporating metal NM into ultrathin film silicon solar cells using numerical simulation, with the aid of optimization algorithms to reduce the optimization time. Mechanisms contributing to the enhanced performance were then identified and analyzed. Over 72% enhancement in short-circuit current-density was demonstrated by the optimal solar cell compared with 300-nm-thick Si solar cell with antireflection coating and silver back reflector.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9781369657524Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Industrial engineering.
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NanomaterialsIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

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