Recent Progress in Transparent Conductive Materials for Photovoltaics
Transparent conducting materials (TCMs) are essential components for a variety of optoelectronic devices, such as photovoltaics, displays and touch screens. In recent years, extensive efforts have been made to develop TCMs with both high electrical conductivity and optical transmittance. Based on ma...
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| description | Transparent conducting materials (TCMs) are essential components for a variety of optoelectronic devices, such as photovoltaics, displays and touch screens. In recent years, extensive efforts have been made to develop TCMs with both high electrical conductivity and optical transmittance. Based on material types, they can be mainly categorized into the following classes: metal oxides, metal nanowire networks, carbon-material-based TCMs (graphene and carbon nanotube networks) and conjugated conductive polymers (PEDOT:PSS). This review will discuss the fundamental electrical and optical properties, typical fabrication methods and the applications in solar cells for each class of TCMs and highlight the current challenges and potential future research directions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-853fdd54a4f448aab42e4f93610b26722023-11-24T08:17:13ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-11-011522869810.3390/en15228698Recent Progress in Transparent Conductive Materials for PhotovoltaicsSandeep Kumar Maurya0Hazel Rose Galvan1Gaurav Gautam2Xiaojie Xu3Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, IndiaLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, USADepartment of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, IndiaLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, USATransparent conducting materials (TCMs) are essential components for a variety of optoelectronic devices, such as photovoltaics, displays and touch screens. In recent years, extensive efforts have been made to develop TCMs with both high electrical conductivity and optical transmittance. Based on material types, they can be mainly categorized into the following classes: metal oxides, metal nanowire networks, carbon-material-based TCMs (graphene and carbon nanotube networks) and conjugated conductive polymers (PEDOT:PSS). This review will discuss the fundamental electrical and optical properties, typical fabrication methods and the applications in solar cells for each class of TCMs and highlight the current challenges and potential future research directions.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/22/8698transparent conducting materialssolar cellsoptoelectronicssemiconductorsphotovoltaicsgraphene |
| spellingShingle | Sandeep Kumar Maurya Hazel Rose Galvan Gaurav Gautam Xiaojie Xu Recent Progress in Transparent Conductive Materials for Photovoltaics Energies transparent conducting materials solar cells optoelectronics semiconductors photovoltaics graphene |
| title | Recent Progress in Transparent Conductive Materials for Photovoltaics |
| title_full | Recent Progress in Transparent Conductive Materials for Photovoltaics |
| title_fullStr | Recent Progress in Transparent Conductive Materials for Photovoltaics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent Progress in Transparent Conductive Materials for Photovoltaics |
| title_short | Recent Progress in Transparent Conductive Materials for Photovoltaics |
| title_sort | recent progress in transparent conductive materials for photovoltaics |
| topic | transparent conducting materials solar cells optoelectronics semiconductors photovoltaics graphene |
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