Failure of silver nanowire transparent electrodes under current flow.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Khaligh, Hadi Hosseinzadeh Goldthorpe, Irene A
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Silver nanowire transparent electrodes have received much attention as a replacement for indium tin oxide, particularly in organic solar cells. In this paper, we show that when silver nanowire electrodes conduct current at levels encountered in organic solar cells, the electrodes can fail in as little as 2 days. Electrode failure is caused by Joule heating which causes the nanowires to breakup and thus create an electrical discontinuity in the nanowire film. More heat is created, and thus failure occurs sooner, in more resistive electrodes and at higher current densities. Suggestions to improve the stability of silver nanowire electrodes are given.
ISSN	19317573
Journal	Nanoscale Research Letters
Volume Number	8
PubMed Central reference number	PMC3668286
Issue Number	1
PubMed reference number	23680014
e-ISSN	1556276X
DOI	10.1186/1556-276x-8-235
Language	English
Publisher	Springer
Publisher Date	2013-05-16
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright ©2013 Hosseinzadeh Khaligh and Goldthorpe; licensee Springer.
Subject Keyword	Silver nanowires Transparent electrode Instability Organic solar cell
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics Materials Science