Emerging Transparent Electrodes Based on Thin Films of Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, and Metallic Nanostructures

Hecht, David S.; Hu, Liangbing; Irvin, Glen

doi:10.1002/adma.201003188

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“…42 During the past few decades, graphene has been well-investigated and much work has been devoted to the synthesis, structures, properties, and possible applications of graphene. [43][44][45] Less work has been directed to the surface wetting behavior of graphene, although the wetting behavior of solid surfaces is a very important aspect of materials and can strongly affect their properties. 46 Recently, the wettability of graphene lms could be tuned from superhydrophobic to superhydrophilic by simply controlling the relative proportion of acetone and water in the solvent, which is important to expand the applications of graphene.…”

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Fusion of nacre, mussel, and lotus leaf: bio-inspired graphene composite paper with multifunctional integration

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Multifunctional integration is an inherent characteristic for biological materials with multiscale structures. Learning from nature is an effective approach for scientists and engineers to construct multifunctional materials. In nature, mollusks (abalone), mussels, and the lotus have evolved different and optimized solutions to survive. Here, bio-inspired multifunctional graphene composite paper was fabricated in situ through the fusion of the different biological solutions from nacre (brick-and-mortar structure), mussel adhesive protein (adhesive property and reducing character), and the lotus leaf (self-cleaning effect). Owing to the special properties (self-polymerization, reduction, and adhesion), dopamine could be simultaneously used as a reducing agent for graphene oxide and as an adhesive, similar to the mortar in nacre, to crosslink the adjacent graphene. The resultant nacre-like graphene paper exhibited stable superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning, anticorrosion, and remarkable mechanical properties underwater. Multifunctional integration is an inherent characteristic for biological materials with multiscale structures.Learning from nature is an effective approach for scientists and engineers to construct multifunctional materials. In nature, mollusks (abalone), mussels, and the lotus have evolved different and optimized solutions to survive. Here, bio-inspired multifunctional graphene composite paper was fabricated in situ through the fusion of the different biological solutions from nacre (brick-and-mortar structure), mussel adhesive protein (adhesive property and reducing character), and the lotus leaf (self-cleaning effect).Owing to the special properties (self-polymerization, reduction, and adhesion), dopamine could be simultaneously used as a reducing agent for graphene oxide and as an adhesive, similar to the mortar in nacre, to crosslink the adjacent graphene. The resultant nacre-like graphene paper exhibited stable superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning, anti-corrosion, and remarkable mechanical properties underwater.

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“…The need for aggressive acid treatments to induce p-type doping of semiconducting tubes and the non-permanent nature of the doped state are also problematic. 16 Graphene is another potential TCE material amongst the carbon allotropes, with Bae et al having reported 30-inch graphene films with sheet resistances of 30 Ω sq. -1 at transmittances of ~90 %.…”

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Fully Solution-Processed Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells with a Silver Nanowire Cathode and a Conducting Polymer Anode

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We report the fabrication of efficient indium-tin-oxide-free organic solar cells based on poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl):[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT: PCBM). All layers of the devices from the lowermost silver nanowire cathode to the uppermost conducting polymer anode are deposited from solution and processed at plastic-compatible temperatures < 200 °C. Owing to the absence of an opaque metal electrode, the devices are semitransparent with potential applications in power-generating windows and tandem-cells. The measured power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of 2.3 and 2.0 % under cathode-and anode-side illumination, respectively, match previously reported PCE values for equivalent semitransparent organic solar cells using indium tin oxide.Transparent conducting electrodes (TCEs), which make electrical contact to other functional layers for current supply/extraction while also transmitting light, are essential components of optoelectronic devices. State-of-the-art TCEs are made of metal oxides, most

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“…2D macroscopic graphene hybrid films with excellent mechanical strength, superb electric conductivity, and excellent chemical stability have been widely studied for transparent conductive films,66, 67, 68, 69 flexible SC electrodes,70 sensors,71 and other applications 72. For instance, Gao and co‐workers designed graphene/multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) membranes by assembling refluxed GO and MWCNTs on a porous substrate via simple filtration‐assisted assembly73 with an increased water flux compared to the previously reported neat graphene nanofiltration membrane 74.…”

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Self‐Assembled Graphene‐Based Architectures and Their Applications

Yuan

Xiao

et al. 2017

Advanced Science

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Due to unique planar structures and remarkable thermal, electronic, and mechanical properties, chemically modified graphenes (CMGs) such as graphene oxides, reduced graphene oxides, and the related derivatives are recognized as the attractive building blocks for “bottom‐up” nanotechnology, while self‐assembly of CMGs has emerged as one of the most promising approaches to construct advanced functional materials/systems based on graphene. By virtue of a variety of noncovalent forces like hydrogen bonding, van der Waals interaction, metal‐to‐ligand bonds, electrostatic attraction, hydrophobic–hydrophilic interactions, and π–π interactions, the CMGs bearing various functional groups are highly desirable for the assemblies with themselves and a variety of organic and/or inorganic species which can yield various hierarchical nanostructures and macroscopic composites endowed with unique structures, properties, and functions for widespread technological applications such as electronics, optoelectronics, electrocatalysis/photocatalysis, environment, and energy storage and conversion. In this review, significant recent advances concerning the self‐assembly of CMGs are summarized, and the broad applications of self‐assembled graphene‐based materials as well as some future opportunities and challenges in this vibrant area are elucidated.

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Emerging Transparent Electrodes Based on Thin Films of Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, and Metallic Nanostructures

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Fusion of nacre, mussel, and lotus leaf: bio-inspired graphene composite paper with multifunctional integration

Fusion of nacre, mussel, and lotus leaf: bio-inspired graphene composite paper with multifunctional integration

Fully Solution-Processed Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells with a Silver Nanowire Cathode and a Conducting Polymer Anode

Self‐Assembled Graphene‐Based Architectures and Their Applications

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