Citation

Wali, Qamar and Yousaf, Sidra and Rabbani, Nahin Ar and Lee, It Ee (2025) Silver nanowires network for transparent electrode in dye-sensitized solar cell. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 44. p. 101559. ISSN 2352-507X

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Abstract

Silver nanowires (Ag NWs) network are promising alternatives to transparent conducting oxides and are being used as flexible transparent conducting electrodes in various optoelectronic devices. Indium tin oxide (ITO) deposited on a glass/polymer substrate mostly employs conducting electrodes in third-generation solar cells. This work has replaced expensive ITO with an inexpensive Ag NWs network deposited on glass substrate that acts as semi-transparent top electrode in dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The synthesized electrodes show transparency in the range of 80–91 % and sheet resistance as low as 50 Ω cm−2. The photovoltaic parameters of the fabricated DSSC are ∼0.54 V, 10.28 mA cm−2, 3.38 % for open circuit voltage, short circuit current density, power conversion efficiency, respectively. The AgNWs based electrode shows promise as a cost effective transparent conducting electrode. It is a proof of concept that can be expanded to improve power conversion efficiency in futuristic devices.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Ag nanowire network, flexible solar cells, nanoparticles, silver nanoparticles, thin films
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions:	Faculty of Artificial Intelligence & Engineering (FAIE)
Depositing User:	Nurin Syazwani Azmi
Date Deposited:	06 Nov 2025 07:15
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2025 06:22
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/14731

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