• 文献标题:   Is graphene a good transparent electrode for photovoltaics and display applications?
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BOINTON TH, RUSSO S, CRACIUN MF
  • 作者关键词:   indium compound, graphene device, conductors electric, electrode, display device, photovoltaic cell, visible spectra, graphenebased conductor, transparent electrode, photovoltaics application, display application, current standard material, touch screen, solar cell, indium tin oxide, sheet resistance, optical transmission, visible wavelength, flexible transparent conductor, optical transparency, mechanical flexibility, mechanical strength, functionalised graphene, ferric chloride, flexible material, transparent material, electrical propertie, structural propertie, ito, c
  • 出版物名称:   IET CIRCUITS DEVICES SYSTEMS
  • ISSN:   1751-858X EI 1751-8598
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Exeter
  • 被引频次:   18
  • DOI:   10.1049/iet-cds.2015.0121
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

The current standard material used for transparent electrodes in displays, touch screens and solar cells is indium tin oxide (ITO) which has low sheet resistance (10 /), high optical transmission in the visible wavelength (85%) and does not suffer of optical haze. However, ITO is mechanically rigid and incompatible with future demands for flexible applications. Graphene materials share many of the properties desirable for flexible transparent conductors, including high optical transparency, high mechanical flexibility and strength. Whilst pristine graphene is not a good transparent conductor, functionalised graphene is at least 1000 times a better conductor than its pristine counterpart and it outperforms ITO. Here the authors review recent work on a novel graphene-based conductor with sheet resistance as low as 8.8 / and 84% optical transmission. This material is obtained by ferric chloride (FeCl3) intercalation into few-layer-graphene (FLG), giving rise to a new system which is the best known flexible and transparent electricity conductor. FeCl3-FLG shows no significant changes in the electrical and structural properties for a long exposure to air, to high levels of humidity and at temperatures of up to 150 degrees C in atmosphere. These properties position FeCl3-FLG as a viable and attractive replacement to ITO.