So
far, one of the fundamental limitations of silver nanowires
(Ag NWs) is the high contact resistance among their junctions. Moreover,
a rough surface due to its random arrangement is inevitable to electrical
short when the nanowire-based electronics is driving. To improve the
contact resistance, we suggest that the particle shape nanocrystals
are intentionally reduced at the junctions by a localized joule-heat
reduction approach from the silver ions. Via localized reductions,
the reduced nanoparticles effectively weld the junction’s areas,
resulting in a 19% decrease in sheet resistance to 9.9 Ω sq–1. Besides, the nanowires are embedded into a polyamide
film with gentle hot pressing. Consequently, the roughness was considerably
dropped so that it was successful to demonstrate organic light-emitting
diodes (OLEDs) with nanowires, which was beneficial to be laminated
with OLEDs under the low temperature. The experimental results show
that the Ag NW-embedded films reach 10.9 Ω sq–1 of the sheet resistance at 92% transmittance and the roughness was
only 1.92 nm.
We develop a facile route to the scalable fabrication of flexible reattachable ionomer nanopatterns (RAINs) by continuous nanoinscribing and low-temperature roll imprinting, which are repeatedly attachable to and detachable from arbitrarily shaped surfaces. First, by sequentially performing continuous nanoinscribing over a polymer substrate along the multiple directions, we readily create the multidimensional nanopattern, which otherwise demands complex nanofabrication. After its transfer to an elastomer pad for use as a soft nanoimprinting stamp, we then conduct a low-temperature roll imprinting of the ionomer film to fabricate a flexible and highly transparent RAIN. Reversible loosening of ionic units in the ionomer material at the mild temperature as low as ∼60−70 °C enables the faithful nanopatterning over thermosensitive organic compounds and fragile materials under a slight pressure. The excellent adhesion purely emerging from ionic interactions uniquely realizes the conformal attachability and clean detachability of RAINs for universal targets in ambient conditions, particularly beneficial for individual wearable and mobile devices requiring the userspecific "on/off" of the nanopattern-driven functionalities. As one vivid example, we demonstrate that a single light-emitting device can be switched from the focused pointer to the widespread flashlight depending on the RAIN application upon user's purpose.
Perovskite solar cell technology offers a promising power option for space applications due to its potential properties of high power‐to‐weight ratios and space‐radiation tolerance. Herein, a new simulation‐based method is introduced to predict the degradation of perovskite solar cells under proton radiation. The approach uses ion scattering simulations to generate depth‐dependent defect profiles as a function of proton energy and fluence, which are then incorporated into optoelectronic simulations to predict the degradation. The method to study the impact of perovskite compositions on radiation tolerance is applied and an inorganic perovskite CsPbI2Br and an organic–inorganic perovskite FAMAPbI3 is compared. The simulations predict that CsPbI2Br and FAMAPbI3 cells retain 62% and 65% of their initial efficiencies after a 100 keV fluence of 1e14 cm−2, respectively. For comparison, unshielded III–V solar cells display similar degradation for proton fluences 3–4 orders of magnitude lower. It is also shown that the radiation direction must be considered when interpreting and predicting radiation tolerance, as the spatial overlap between photogenerated carriers and radiation‐induced defects has a significant impact on cell performance. Finally, a method to predict mission end‐of‐life performance of perovskite cells is demonstrated, taking into account the full proton radiation energy spectrum and fluence and the incident direction.
High specific power (power per mass) ultralight solar arrays made of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are being considered to power spacecraft in deep space conditions as far as Neptune (30...
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