• 文献标题:   Continuous, Highly Flexible, and Transparent Graphene Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition for Organic Photovoltaics
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DE ARCO LG, ZHANG Y, SCHLENKER CW, RYU K, THOMPSON ME, ZHOU CW
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, chemical vapor deposition, transparent conductor, flexible photovoltaic, flexible solar cell, organic photovoltaic, transparent electrode
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ So Calif
  • 被引频次:   854
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn901587x
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

We report the implementation of continuous, highly flexible, and transparent graphene films obtained by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) as transparent conductive electrodes (TCE) in organic photovoltaic cells. Graphene films were synthesized by CVD, transferred to transparent substrates, and evaluated in organic solar cell heterojunctions (TCE/poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene:poly styrenesulfonate (PEDOT:PSS)/copper phthalocyanine/fullerene/bathocuproine/aluminum). Key to our success is the continuous nature of the CVD graphene films, which led to minimal surface roughness (similar to 0.9 nm) and offered sheet resistance down to 230 Omega/sq (at 72% transparency), much lower than stacked graphene flakes at similar transparency. In addition, solar cells with CVD graphene and indium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes were fabricated side-by-side on flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates and were confirmed to offer comparable performance, with power conversion efficiencies (eta) of 1.18 and 1.27%, respectively. Furthermore, CVD graphene solar cells demonstrated outstanding capability to operate under bending conditions up to 138 degrees, whereas the ITO-based devices displayed cracks and irreversible failure under bending of 60 degrees. Our work indicates the great potential of CVD graphene films for flexible photovoltaic applications.