title: Planar silver nanowire, carbon nanotube and PEDOT:PSS nanocomposite transparent electrodes.
abstract: Highly conductive, transparent and flexible planar electrodes were fabricated using interwoven silver nanowires and single-walled carbon nanotubes (AgNW:SWCNT) in a PEDOT:PSS matrix via an epoxy transfer method from a silicon template. The planar electrodes achieved a sheet resistance of 6.6 ± 0.0Ω/□ and an average transmission of 86% between 400 and 800 nm. A high figure of merit of 367Ω-1is reported for the electrodes, which is much higher than that measured for indium tin oxide and reported for other AgNW composites. The AgNW:SWCNT:PEDOT:PSS electrode was used to fabricate low temperature (annealing free) devices demonstrating their potential to function with a range of organic semiconducting polymer:fullerene bulk heterojunction blend systems.
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Stapleton
authors.affiliation: Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Soniya D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Yambem
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Ashley H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Johns
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Rakesh A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Afre
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Amanda V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Joe G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Shapter
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Gunther G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Jamie S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Quinton
authors.affiliation: Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Burn
authors.affiliation: Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meredith
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lewis
keywords: carbon nanotube; nanocomposite; organic solar cell; silver nanowire; transparent electrode