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Solution-processable graphene mesh transparent electrodes for organic solar cells

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Graphene mesh electrodes (GMEs) with good conductivity and transparency have been fabricated by the standard industrial photolithography and O2 plasma etching process using graphene solutions. Organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells using GMEs as the transparent electrodes with a blend of poly-(3-hexylthiophene)/phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT/PC61BM) as the active layer have been fabricated and exhibit a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.04%, the highest PCE for solution-processed graphene transparent electrode-based solar cells reported to date.

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  1. Key Laboratory for Functional Polymer Materials and Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China

    Qian Zhang, Xiangjian Wan, Lu Huang, Guankui Long, Ningbo Yi, Wang Ni & Yongsheng Chen

  2. The Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, Teda Applied Physics School and School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China

    Fei Xing, Zhibo Liu & Jianguo Tian

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Zhang, Q., Wan, X., Xing, F. et al. Solution-processable graphene mesh transparent electrodes for organic solar cells. Nano Res. 6, 478–484 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-013-0325-7

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