title: Silver nanowire composite window layers for fully solution-deposited thin-film photovoltaic devices.
abstract: A silver nanowire-indium tin oxide nanoparticle composite and its successful application to fully solution processed CuInSe(2)  solar cells as a window layer are demonstrated, effectively replacing the traditionally sputtered both intrinsic zinc oxide and indium tin oxide layers. The devices utilizing the nanocomposite window layer demonstrate photovoltaic parameters equal to or even beyond those with sputtered intrinsic zinc oxide and indium tin oxide contacts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering and California NanoSystems, Institute University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Choong-Heui
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Tze-Bin
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Brion
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bob
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Hsin-Sheng
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D007204:Indium / Q000737:chemistry; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry*; D012643:Selenium / Q000737:chemistry; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D012993:Solar Energy; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry*; D017971:Tin Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D017971:Tin Compounds; C101793:copper indium diselenide; D007204:Indium; D012834:Silver; C109984:indium tin oxide; D003300:Copper; D012643:Selenium; D015034:Zinc Oxide