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- Nanomaterials and Technology
- South China University of Technology
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A highly stretchable, transparent and conductive wood fabricated by in-situ photopolymerization with polymerizable deep eutectic solvents
摘要: The rational design of high-performance flexible transparent electrically conducting sensor attracts considerable attention. However, these designed devices predominantly utilize glass and plastic substrates, which are expensive and not environmentally friendly. Here, novel transparent and conductive woods (TCWs) were fabricated by using renewable wood substrate and low-cost conductive polymer. Polymerizable deep eutectic solvents (PDES), acrylic-acid (AA)/choline chloride (ChCl), were used as backfilling agents and in-situ photopolymerized in the delignified wood, which endowed the materials with high transparency (transmittance of 90 %), good stretchability (strain up to 80 %), and high electrical conductivity (0.16 S m-1). The retained cellulose orientation and strong interactions between cellulose-riched template and poly(PDES) render the TCWs excellent mechanical properties. Moreover, the TCWs exhibited excellent sensing behaviors to strain/ touch, even at low strain. Therefore, these materials can be used to detect weak pressure such as human being’s subtle bending-release activities. This work provides a new route to fabricate functional composite materials and devices which have promising potential for electronics applications in flexible displays, tactile skin sensors and other fields.
关键词: deep eutectic solvent,stretchable wood,porous,transparent wood,strain/touch sensor
更新于2025-11-21 11:18:25
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Dual-band luminescent solar converter-coupled dye-sensitized solar cells for high performance semi-transparent photovoltaic device
摘要: We demonstrate a high-performance semi-transparent solar cell using a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) coupled with a luminescent solar converter (LSC) that absorbs a dual band. We present an architecture of a sandwich-type, downshift (DS) LSC / DSSC / upconversion (UC) LSC. The DS LSC, including anthracene, converts ultraviolet light to visible light, and the UC LSC, which contains a dye pair of meso-tetraphenyl-tetrabenzoporphine palladium / 9,10-bis-penylethynyllanthrancane, converts near-infrared light into visible light. Thus, the dual band LSC improved the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the DSSC without a significant decrease in visible transmittance. We optimize the concentration of the fluorescence dye to obtain maximum photoluminescence in each LSC. We also optimize backward scattering by introducing nanoparticle scatterers in UC LSC. The dual LSC-DSSC showed an average visible transmittance of 42% and achieved an PCE of up to 7.8%. Our incorporation of broadband-wavelength-harvestable LSCs with a DSSC presents a direction for semi-transparent photovoltaic devices.
关键词: Luminescence solar concentrator,Semi-transparent photovoltaic devices,Downshift,Photon upconversion,Dye-sensitized solar cells
更新于2025-11-19 16:46:39
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Phosphotellurite glass and glass-ceramics with high TeO <sub/>2</sub> content: thermal, structural and optical properties
摘要: Phosphotellurite based glasses have interesting features such as low characteristic temperatures, large glass forming ability, high thermal stability against crystallization and broad transparency window from ultraviolet (UV) to near-infrared (NIR), which makes them promising materials for photonic applications. In this work, phosphotellurite binary glasses, having composition (100 – x) TeO2–x Ba(PO3)2 with x varying from 1 to 20 mol %, were synthesized by the conventional melt-quenching method in covered gold crucibles under air. Optical, physical and structural properties of the new glass samples were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, X-rays diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, linear optical absorption from UV to NIR, IR transmittance, and optical limiting experiments. Transparent glass-ceramics in the visible range were obtained for phosphotellurite samples containing 2, 4 and 6 mol % of Ba(PO3)2 and the phase crystallization was investigated through Rietveld analysis and transmission electron microscopy. The incorporation of Ba(PO3)2 into the TeO2 network drastically increases the thermal stability against devitrification and helps to shift the infrared multiphonon absorption edge to longer wavelengths. Nonlinear measurements performed with a picosecond laser at 532 nm indicate large effective nonlinear absorption coefficients for all samples. In summary, the dependence of the spectroscopic properties on the samples’ compositions revealed a promising transparent glass and glass-ceramics for photonic applications.
关键词: transparent glass-ceramics,phosphotellurite glass,optical properties,nonlinear optical response
更新于2025-11-14 17:03:37
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Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide as Front Electrode for Rear Emitter Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells with High Efficiency
摘要: Transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layers of aluminum-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Al) were investigated as a potential replacement of indium tin oxide (ITO) for the front contact in silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells in the rear emitter configuration. It was found that ZnO:Al can be tuned to yield cell performance almost at the same level as ITO with a power conversion efficiency of 22.6% and 22.8%, respectively. The main reason for the slight underperformance of ZnO:Al compared to ITO was found to be a higher contact resistivity between this material and the silver grid on the front side. An entirely indium-free SHJ solar cell, replacing the ITO on the rear side by ZnO:Al as well, reached a power conversion efficiency of 22.5%.
关键词: photovoltaics,silicon heterojunction,rear emitter,transparent conductive oxide
更新于2025-11-14 15:25:21
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Highly efficient transparent nanophosphor films for tunable white light-emitting layered coatings
摘要: Bright luminescence in rare-earth (RE) nanocrystals, so-called nanophosphors, is generally achieved by choosing a host that enable the effective excitation of the RE activator through charge or energy transfer. Although tungstate, molybdate or vanadate compounds provide the aforementioned transfer, a comparative analysis of the efficiency of such emitters remains elusive. Herein we perform a combined structural and optical analysis, which reveals that the tetragonal GdVO4 matrix gives rise to the highest efficiency among the different transparent nanophosphor films compared. Then we demonstrate that by sequential stacking of optical quality layers made of Eu3+ and Dy3+ doped nanocrystals, it is possible to attain highly transparent white light emitting coatings of tunable shade with photoluminescence quantum yields above 35%. Layering provides precise dynamic tuning of the chromaticity based on the photoexcitation wavelength dependence of the emission of the nanophosphor ensemble without altering the chemical composition of the emitters or degrading their efficiency. Total extinction of incoming radiation along with the high quantum yields achieved make these thin layered phosphors one of the most efficient transparent white converter coatings ever developed.
关键词: rare-earth nanocrystals,transparent coatings,nanophosphors,phosphor materials,white-light emission
更新于2025-11-14 15:23:50
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TiO2-Coated Core-Shell Ag Nanowire Networks for Robust and Washable Flexible Transparent Electrodes
摘要: Silver nanowires (AgNWs) are the most promising materials to fabricate flexible transparent electrodes (FTEs) used in next-generation electronics. However, there are several bottlenecks for AgNWs-based FTEs to achieve large-scale applications, which are the thermal instability and rough surface topography of AgNWs and the poor interfacial adhesion between AgNWs and used substrate. To simultaneously address these aforementioned issues, a robust and washable FTE is prepared based on AgNW@TiO2 core-shell network embedding in polyimide (PI) substrate through a facile and scalable solution-based process. After treating with TiO2 sol, an ultra-thin, conformal, and continuous TiO2 shell is coated on AgNWs, which can effectively suppress the atomic surface diffusion. In comparison with pristine AgNW network that breaks into nanorods and nanospheres at 250 °C for 10 min, the AgNW@TiO2 core-shell network is stable at 300 °C, and its resistance just increases by a factor of 11 after annealing at 400 °C for 1 h. Furthermore, the TiO2 shell simultaneously increases the electrical and optical properties of AgNW network. After flowing PI precursors, drying, and thermally curing, the AgNW@TiO2 core-shell network is embedded on the surface of PI substrate with surface roughness of 1.9 nm. In addition to high thermal stability, the conductivity of the AgNWs@TiO2-PI composite FTE remains almost unchanged after repeated 3M tape peeling off cycles and mechanical bending cycles. It is also demonstrated that the AgNWs@TiO2-PI composite FTE is washable, and the relative change in resistance (?R/R0) is ~12% after 100 washing cycles in which a variety of stress situations occurring in combination.
关键词: flexible transparent electrodes,peeling off and mechanical stabilities,TiO2 sol,silver nanowire@TiO2 core-shell network,thermal and washing stabilities
更新于2025-11-14 14:32:36
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Stabilizing silver window electrodes for organic photovoltaics using a mercaptosilane monolayer
摘要: A single layer of the bifunctional molecule 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane is shown to be remarkably effective at improving the stability of optically thin silver film electrodes towards spontaneous morphological change and oxidation by airborne sulfur. Inclusion of this layer in the novel transparent electrode; WO3 (30 nm) / silver (13 nm) / sol-gel ZnO (27 nm), at the silver / ZnO interface improves the efficiency of organic photovoltaic devices using this electrode by 20%, such that the power conversion efficiency is very close to that achievable using a conventional indium-tin oxide glass electrode; 9.6 % – 0.2 % vs 10.0 % – 0.3 %, with the advantage that the silver electrode has a sheet resistance one third that of the ITO glass ((cid:3)4 Ohms sq-1). The mercaptosilane monolayer is also shown to retard silver diffusion into the ZnO layer whilst imparting a favorable (cid:3)400 meV reduction in electrode work function. In addition to its utility inside the device, this molecular layer is shown to be useful for improving the stability of the silver film electrodes in top-illuminated semi-transparent photovoltaics, since it can be deposited directly onto a completed device from the vapor phase.
关键词: organic photovoltaic,silane,transparent electrode,silver electrode,3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane,Monolayer,work function,organic solar cell
更新于2025-11-03 10:59:25
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Effect of front TCO on the performance of rear-junction silicon heterojunction solar cells: Insights from simulations and experiments
摘要: In this study we make a detailed comparison between indium tin oxide (ITO), aluminum-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Al) and hydrogenated indium oxide (IO:H) when applied on the illuminated side of rear-junction silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells. ITO being the state of the art material for this application, ZnO:Al being an attractive substitute due to its cost effectiveness and IO:H being a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) with high-mobility and excellent optical properties. Through numerical simulations, the optically optimal thicknesses for a double layer anti-reflective coating system, consisting of the respective TCO and amorphous silicon oxide (a-SiO2) capping layers are defined. Through two-dimensional electrical simulations, we present a comparison between front-junction and rear-junction devices to show the behavior of series resistance (Rs) in dependence of the TCO sheet resistance (Rsh) and the device effective lifetime (τeff). The study indicates that there is a τeff dependent critical TCO Rsh value, above which, the rear-junction device will become advantageous over the front-junction design in terms of Rs. Solar cells with the respective layers are analyzed. We show that a thinner TCO optimized layer will result in a benefit in cell performance when implementing a double layer anti-reflective coating. We conclude that for a highest efficiency solar cell performance, a high mobility TCO, like IO:H, is required as the device simulations show. However, the rear-junction solar cell design permits the implementation of a lower conductive TCO in the example of the cost-effective ZnO:Al with comparable performance to the ITO, opening the possibility for substitution in mass production.
关键词: Transparent conductive oxide,Sheet resistance,Series resistance,Rear-junction,Silicon heterojunction,Anti-reflective coating
更新于2025-10-22 19:40:53
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Nanostructured Transparent Conductive Electrodes for Applications in Harsh Environments Fabricated via Nanosecond Laser‐Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSS) in Indium–Tin Oxide Films on Glass
摘要: A self-organization phenomenon named laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) is utilized for pattern formation in indium–tin oxide (ITO) transparent conductive films coated on borosilicate glass. Stripe patterns with periodicities down to 175 nm are created by scanning the focused beam (30 μm spot diameter 1 e?2) of a nanosecond pulsed laser operating at 532 nm wavelength over ITO films. Highly ordered ITO-LIPSS are generated at a pulse duration of 6 ns, pulse frequencies between 100 and 200 kHz, pulse energies around 20 μJ, and laser spot scan speeds in the range of 50–80 mm s?1. Resulting nanopatterns are electrically conductive and feature improved optical transparency as well as stability against strong acids such as hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, and even aqua regia. The formation of mixed phases between ITO and silicon is considered to be the origin for the chemical robustness of laser patterned transparent conductive electrodes.
关键词: laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS),laser patterning,self-organization,indium–tin oxide (ITO),transparent conductive films (TCF)
更新于2025-10-22 19:40:53
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Enhanced electrical conductivity of transparent electrode using metal microfiber networks for gridless thin-film solar cells
摘要: Improving the optical transmittance and electrical conductivity in transparent conductors (TC) has been a critical issue for decades due to their numerous applications. In this paper, we suggest an approach to produce extremely conductive TC material from electroplated Ni microfiber networks (NiMFs) in order to achieve highly efficient and aesthetically superior thin-film solar cells and modules. The high cross-sectional aspect ratio of NiMFs significantly enhanced their electrical conductivity and optical transmittance simultaneously. The TC structure employing NiMFs was a successful substitute for conventional patterned grids in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells because it reduced the series resistance, which is especially advantageous for large-area cells. The NiMF-induced transmittance loss was compensated for by the formation of a light diffusion layer on the NiMF. We propose that the excellent performance of NiMF TC materials enables the elimination or significant reduction of the grids in thin-film solar cells and modules.
关键词: Ni fibers,Gridless,Thin-film solar cells,Transparent electrodes
更新于2025-10-22 19:40:53