Intense Pulsed Light Sintered Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Organic Photovoltaic Devices

A fast and low-cost fabrication process using intense pulsed light sintering of metal nanoparticles was studied. Silver, copper, and four different copper-silver core-shell alloy nanoparticles were synthesized. The composition and resistivity of the sintered metal electrodes were studied. The resist...

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Published in:Macromolecular research 2019, 27(11), , pp.1167-1172
Main Authors: Yim, Soo Jung, Lee, Ji Yeon, Yu, Jae-Woong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Complex Fluids and Microfluidics
Copper
Core-shell particles
Electrical resistivity
Electrodes
Nanoalloys
Nanochemistry
Nanoparticles
Nanotechnology
Oxidation
Photovoltaic cells
Physical Chemistry
Polymer Sciences
Service life assessment
Silver
Sintering
Soft and Granular Matter
Synthesis
고분자공학
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Summary:A fast and low-cost fabrication process using intense pulsed light sintering of metal nanoparticles was studied. Silver, copper, and four different copper-silver core-shell alloy nanoparticles were synthesized. The composition and resistivity of the sintered metal electrodes were studied. The resistivity of the silver electrode formed through nanoparticle sintering was comparable to that of a conventional solution-processed silver electrode. The performance of the device prepared using the copper nanoparticles only was low due to the oxidation of copper in the air. The current density-voltage (J-V ) characteristics of the devices fabricated using the synthesized core-shell nanoparticles revealed that the alloy ratio up to approximately 2 did neither affect the performances nor the lifetime of the devices. As the content of copper increased, the device performance decreased due to the oxidation of copper. Usage of the sintered metal alloy electrodes resulted in the reduction of cost by 33% compared with the conventional silver electrode.
ISSN:1598-5032
2092-7673
DOI:10.1007/s13233-020-8011-6