Recent Progress in Transparent Conductive Materials for Photovoltaics

Sandeep Kumar Maurya (), Hazel Rose Galvan, Gaurav Gautam and Xiaojie Xu ()
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Sandeep Kumar Maurya: Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
Hazel Rose Galvan: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
Gaurav Gautam: Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, India
Xiaojie Xu: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, USA

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 22, 1-25

Abstract: Transparent conducting materials (TCMs) are essential components for a variety of optoelectronic devices, such as photovoltaics, displays and touch screens. In recent years, extensive efforts have been made to develop TCMs with both high electrical conductivity and optical transmittance. Based on material types, they can be mainly categorized into the following classes: metal oxides, metal nanowire networks, carbon-material-based TCMs (graphene and carbon nanotube networks) and conjugated conductive polymers (PEDOT:PSS). This review will discuss the fundamental electrical and optical properties, typical fabrication methods and the applications in solar cells for each class of TCMs and highlight the current challenges and potential future research directions.

Keywords: transparent conducting materials; solar cells; optoelectronics; semiconductors; photovoltaics; graphene; carbon nanotube; metal nanowire network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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