Micromesh carbon nanosheet electrodes fabricated by phase-separation of immiscible polymer blends

Su-Young Son; Jun-Seok Yeo; Gun Young Jung; Sungho Lee; Han-Ik Joh

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.64, 76-79, August, 2018

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2018.01.039 Export Citation

Micromesh carbon nanosheet electrodes fabricated by phase-separation of immiscible polymer blends

Su-Young Son^{1, 2}, Jun-Seok Yeo¹, Gun Young Jung², Sungho Lee^{1, †}, and Han-Ik Joh^{3, †}

¹Carbon Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 92 Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeallabuk-do 55324, Republic of Korea
²School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
³Department of Energy Engineering, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05023, Republic of Korea

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We adopt micromesh structure in carbon nanosheets (M-CNS) fabricated by phase-separation of immiscible polyacrylonitrile/poly(methyl methacrylate) blend precursors to improve their properties as a transparent conductive electrode. The facile approach without any time-consuming patterning processes can improve trade-off between sheet resistance and optical transmittance of conventional CNS. The M-CNS exhibits improved sheet resistance of ~50% without compromising optical transmittance, leading to a high power conversion efficiency of~2.07% for M-CNS electrode-based organic photovoltaics.

Keywords:Phase-separation;Micromesh structure;Carbon nanosheets;Transparent conductive electrodes;Organic photovoltaics

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