Cho, Se-Hee Pandey, Rina Wie, Chang-Hwan Lee, Yun Jae Lim, Ju-Won Park, Dong-Hee Seok, Jee-Soo Jang, Yoon-Hee Kim, Kyung-Kon Hwang, Do Kyung Byun, Dong-Jin Choi, Won-Kook 2024-01-20T09:30:19Z 2024-01-20T09:30:19Z 2021-09-04 2014-08 1862-6300 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/126557 Indium-free ZTO/Ag/ZTO multilayer electrodes were deposited on glass by RF sputtering of zinc tin oxide (ZTO) and pulsed DC sputtering of silver (Ag) at room temperature in the specially designed Inline sputtering system and evaluated as transparent electrode of organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs). The dependence of the electrical and optical properties of ZTO films on the O2/Ar + O2 ratio was investigated. We fabricated the ZTO/Ag/ZTO multilayer electrode with a sheet resistance of 8.38–10.18 Ω sq−1 and average transmittance of 84.4–85.5% in the visible region (λ = 380–770 nm), which is compatible with commercial indium tin oxide (ITO). As an application, organic solar cells fabricated on the ZTO/Ag/ZTO multilayer electrodes with the conventional device architecture were compared with those on commercial ITO electrodes. The bulk heterojunction OPVs fabricated on the multilayer electrodes exhibited a short-circuit current (JSC) of 7.06 mA cm−2, a fill factor (FF) of 0.62, an open-circuit voltage of (VOC) of 0.64 V, and a power-conversion efficiency of 2.80%. This indicates that ZTO/Ag/ZTO multilayer electrode is a promising electrode scheme for bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic cells (BHJ-OPVs). English Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbbH & Co. Highly transparent ZTO/Ag/ZTO multilayer electrode deposited by inline sputtering process for organic photovoltaic cells Article 10.1002/pssa.201330594 1 physica status solidi (a) - applications and materials science, v.211, no.8, pp.1860 - 1867 physica status solidi (a) - applications and materials science 211 8 1860 1867 N scie scopus 000340521000032 2-s2.0-84905976678 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Physics, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Materials Science Physics Article OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS TIN OXIDE SOLAR-CELLS optical absorption organic solar cells silver transparent electrodes zinc tin oxide electrical properties