A transparent conductive electrode (TCE) is an important component in many of our modern optoelectronic devices like photovoltaics, light emitting diodes and touch screens. These devices require good current injection and spreading as well as a high transparency. In this thesis we explore the use of graphene as an alternative to the current widely used indium tin oxide (ITO) as TCE in gallium nitride (GaN) based light emitting diodes (LEDs). Monolayer crystalline graphene can be produced on copper foils using chemical vapor deposition (CVD), where metals (especially copper) has a catalysing effect on the formation of graphene. However, transfer of graphene from copper foils is not suitable for an industrial scale and it results in a poor contact with the target substrate. We investigate the possibility of directly integrating graphene on GaN-based LEDs by using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). We try to obtain the optimal conditions under these catalyst-free circumstances and propose a recipe adapted for the setup that we used. We will also study ideas of using a metal (we tried copper and nickel) to assist the direct growth that could help to increase the fraction of sp2 carbon bonds and reduce the sheet resistance. The metals are evaporated onto our samples either before or after we grow a carbon film to either assist the growth or rearrange the carbon respectively. The focus was not on trying to optimize the conditions for one metal treatment but rather to briefly explore multiple methods to find a suitable path for further studies. The direct grown pristine carbon films shows indications from Raman measurements of being nanocrystalline graphene with a sheet resistance ranging from about 20-50 kΩ/sq having a transmittance of approximately 96 % at 550 nm. A transmittance at this level is closely related to the value of an ideal monolayer graphene, which indicates that our carbon films could be close to one atom in thickness while being visually homogeneous and complete in coverage. Due to the use of a temperature close to the melting point of copper we struggled to keep the assisting copper from evaporating too fast or staying homogeneous after the treatment. Nickel has a higher melting temperature, but it appears as if this metal might be diffusing into the GaN substrate which changes the properties of both the GaN and carbon film. Even though the metal treatments that we tested did not provide any noticeable improvements, there is need for further investigations to obtain suitable treatment conditions. We suggest that the treatments involving copper are a more promising path to pursue as nickel seem to cause unavoidable intermixing problems.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(エネルギー科学) / 甲第22794号 / エネ博第408号 / 新制||エネ||78(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院エネルギー科学研究科エネルギー社会・環境科学専攻 / (主査)教授 石原 慶一, 准教授 奥村 英之, 教授 佐川 尚 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Energy Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

Transparent electrodes made from metal oxides suffer from poor flexibility and durability. Highly transparent and electrically conductive thin films based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were assembled as a potential indium tin oxide (ITO) replacement using layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly. The ultimate objective of this dissertation work is to produce CNT-based assemblies with sheet resistance below 100 Omega/sq and visible light transmission greater than 85 percent. The alternate deposition of positively charged poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) [PDDA] and CNTs stabilized with negatively charged deoxycholate (DOC) exhibit linear film growth and thin film properties can be precisely tuned. Ellipsometry, quartz crystal microbalance, and UV-vis were used to measure the growth of these films as a function of PDDA-CNT bilayers deposited, while TEM, SEM, and AFM were used to visualize the nanostructure of these films. Following a literature review describing potential ITO substitutes and LbL technology, the influence of CNT type on optoelectronic performance of LbL assemblies is described. Three different types of nanotubes were investigated: (1) multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), (2) few-walled carbon nanotubes (FWNT), and (3) purified single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). SWNTs produced the most transparent (>85 percent visible light transmittance) and electrically conductive (148 S/cm, 1.62 kOmega/sq) 20-bilayer films with a 41.6 nm thickness, while MWNT-based films are much thicker and more opaque. A 20-bilayer PDDA/(MWNT DOC) film is approximately 103 nm thick, with a conductivity of 36 S/cm and a transmittance of 30 percent. In an effort to improve both transparency and electrical conductivity, heat and acid treatments were studied. Heating films to 300 degree C reduced sheet resistance to 701 Omega/sq (618 S/cm conductivity, 38.4 nm thickness), with no change in transparency, owing to the removal of insulating component in the film. Despite improving conductivity, heating is not compatible with most plastic substrates, so acid doping was investigated as an alternate means to enhance properties. Exposing SWNT-based assemblies to HNO3 vapor reduced sheet resistance of a 10 BL film to 227 Omega/sq. Replacing SWNTs with double walled carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) provided further reduction in sheet resistance due to the greater metallic of DWNT. A 5 BL DWNT film exhibited the lowest 104 Omega/sq sheet resistance (4200 S/cm conductivity, 22.9 nm thickness) with 84 percent transmittance after nitric acid treatment. DWNT-based assemblies maintained their low sheet resistance after repeated bending and also showed electrochemical stability relative to ITO. This work demonstrates the excellent optoelectronic performance, mechanical flexibility, and electrochemical stability of CNT-based assemblies, which are potentially useful as flexible transparent electrodes for a variety of flexible electronics.

This dissertation describes the assessment and use of carbon optically transparent electrodes (C-OTEs) based on pyrolyzed photoresist films (PPFs) as a platform for spectroelectrochemical investigations. C-OTEs are examined for use in UV-Vis spectroelectrochemistry and electrogenerated chemiluminescence and compared to non-transparent glassy carbon (GC) and the conventional transparent electrode indium tin oxide (ITO). Chapter 1 provides a general overview of transparent electrodes, carbon electrodes, and spectroelectrochemistry. Chapter 2 details a UV-Vis spectroelectrochemical investigation of electrogenerated graphitic oxides (EGO) on the surface of the C-OTE in the presence of KCl. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and time of flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy are used to determine EGO composition. Several supporting electrolytes are investigated to determine the mechanism of EGO formation. Chapter 3 details experiments to electrochemically access the exciton emission from self-assembled double-walled tubular J-aggregates via electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL). Optimization of ECL intensity with respect to the coreactant concentration and the supporting electrolyte pH is performed on opaque glassy carbon electrodes. ECL and fluorescence spectra are compared, and C-OTEs are utilized to determine the source of disagreement between the spectra. Chapter 4 describes the preparation and characterization (i.e. transparency, thickness, sheet resistance, rms roughness, and electroactive surface area) of C-OTEs and explores C-OTEs for general use in ECL under a variety of conditions. Simultaneous cyclic voltammograms and ECL transients are obtained for three thicknesses of PPFs and compared to non-transparent GC and the conventional transparent electrode ITO in both front face and transmission electrode cell geometries. Despite positive potential shifts in oxidation and ECL peaks, attributed to the internal resistance of the PPFs that result from their nanoscale thickness, the PPFs display similar ECL activity to GC, including the low oxidation potential observed for amine coreactants on hydrophobic electrodes. Overall, C-OTEs are promising electrodes for spectroelectrochemical applications because they yield higher ECL than ITO in both oxidative-reductive and reductive-oxidative ECL modes, are more stable in alkaline solutions, display a wide potential window of stability, and have tunable transparency for more efficient detection of light in the transmission cell geometry. Future directions for this research are discussed in Chapter 5, which outlines several approaches to designing and improving spectroelectrochemical sensors. / text

Submitted by Renan Colucci null (37412942840) on 2016-07-12T19:19:53Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertação_RENAN_versãofinal.pdf: 3242692 bytes, checksum: c7bf17a6e3f70f7b97cb6c8ecfa1e065 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Paula Grisoto (grisotoana@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-07-15T16:29:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 colucci_r_me_rcla.pdf: 3242692 bytes, checksum: c7bf17a6e3f70f7b97cb6c8ecfa1e065 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-15T16:29:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 colucci_r_me_rcla.pdf: 3242692 bytes, checksum: c7bf17a6e3f70f7b97cb6c8ecfa1e065 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-06-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Atualmente é possível fabricar dispositivos eletroluminescentes (EL) utilizando como material ativo uma dispersão de um pó eletroluminescente inorgânico em uma matriz polimérica condutora. Entretanto, esses materiais são quimicamente instáveis, o que impede a deposição de alguns materiais solúveis sobre eles, como por exemplo, eletrodos de tinta prata. Para solucionar este problema, desenvolvemos uma matriz condutora e quimicamente estável formada pelo polímero condutor poli(3,4-etileno dioxitiofeno):poliestireno sulfonado (PEDOT:PSS) e pelo material sílica-orgânico 3-glicidoxipropil trimetilsilano (GPTMS). Foram produzidos compósitos de PEDOT:PSS/GPTMS com diversas concentrações de PEDOT:PSS, com os quais foram produzidos filmes uniformes, insolúveis e com condutividade elétrica entre 2 S/cm e 400 S/cm. A dependência da condutividade elétrica destes materiais em função da temperatura e da concentração de PEDOT:PSS foi descrita pelo modelo de transporte de cargas variable range hopping (VRH-3D). Adicionando-se o material eletroluminescente (EL) inorgânico silicato de zinco dopado com manganês (Zn2SiO4:Mn) à matriz condutora de PEDOT:PSS/GPTMS foi obtido um compósito para a produção de dispositivos EL. Depositando-se este compósito EL sobre substratos de vidro contendo eletrodos transparentes de óxido de estanho e índio, foram obtidos dispositivos EL com tensão de operação de 30 V e eficiência luminosa de 1,3 cd/A. Além disso, a transmitância óptica e a resistência de folha de filmes do compósito condutor (PEDOT:PSS/GPTMS) foram avaliadas, demonstrando que este material apresenta propriedades compatíveis com a aplicação como eletrodo transparente. Por fim, foram produzidos dispositivos EL utilizando o compósito condutor PEDOT:PSS/GPTMS como eletrodos e o compósito EL PEDOT:PSS/GPTMS/ Zn2SiO4:Mn como material ativo. Com este experimento, foi demonstrada a possibilidade de fabricar dispositivos EL por rota líquida, onde o compósito PEDOT:PSS/GPTMS foi utilizado tanto para a fabricação dos eletrodos como para a produção do material ativo do dispositivo. / It is possible to fabricate light-emitting (LE) devices with LE composites as active material. These light-emitting composites are produced with a LE inorganic powder dispersed into a conducting polymer matrix. However, these composites are chemically unstable, limiting the deposition of soluble materials over it. To overcome this problem we developed a high-stability conductive matrix comprising the conductive polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) and the organic-silicate 3-glycidyloxypropyl)trimethoxysilane (GPTMS). Composites PEDOT:PSS/GPTMS with diverse weight concentrations of PEDOT:PSS were produced and used to fabricate high-stability films with electrical conductivity from 2 S/cm up to 400 S/cm. The charge transport in these conductive composites were studied as function of the temperature, as well as of the PEDOT:PSS concentration, and described by the 3D variable range hopping model. A light-emitting composite was produced adding to this conductive composite the inorganic electroluminescent powder Mn-doped zinc silicate (Zn2SiO4:Mn). Light-emitting devices, with turn-on voltage of 30 V and luminous efficacy of 1.3 cd/A, were produced with a coating of the developed LE composite done over glass substrates containing indium tin oxide transparent electrodes. Additionally, the optical transmittance and sheet resistance of films produced with the conductive composite PEDOT:PSS/GPTMS were evaluated showing that this material is suitable to fabricate transparent electrodes. Finally, were produced light-emitting devices employing the conductive composite PEDOT:PSS/GPTMS as electrodes and the light-emitting composite PEDOT:PSS/GPTMS/ Zn2SiO4:Mn as active material. This experiment has shown the fabrication of solution-processed light-emitting devices using the composite PEDOT:PSS/GPTMS as transparent electrode and as component of the active material.

Dans ce travail, différentes solutions aqueuses de PEDOT: polyelectrolyte ont été synthétisées à partir de polymères anioniques de types polysaccharides et polystyrènes substitués par des groupements bis(sulfonylimide). Leurs morphologies, dopages,comportements rhéologiques ainsi que leurs propriétés opto-électroniques ont notammen tété caractérisés. Une étude systématique a révélé que les polyélectrolytes de masse molaire élevée portant un groupement fortement acide et ayant un squelette rigide permettent d'obtenir un dopage élevé, une dispersion efficace du PEDOT et donc des complexes PEDOT : polyelectrolyte plus conducteurs. L'utilisation du polyelectrolyte PSTFSI en tant qu'agent de complexation pour le PEDOT donne une dispersion stable montrant les caractéristiques d'un gel, ce qui facilite la fabrication de films minces par 'spin coating' ou doctor blade. Les films de PEDOT : PSTFSI ainsi obtenus montrent une transparence élevée et une conductivité de 330S.cm-1. Ces propriétés ont permis de les intégrer avec succès comme matériaux d'électrodes dans des dispositifs OLED, OPV et OECT. / In this work different aqueous dispersions of conducting poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) :polyelectrolyte (PEDOT:polyelectrolyte) complexes,made from anionic polysaccharides and from synthetic bis(sulfonylimide) substituted polystyrenes, have been synthesized and characterized regarding their doping, morphology, rheological behavior and opto-electronic properties. A systematic study revealed, that high molar mass polyelectrolytes with strongly acidic groups and a rigid backbone structure were favorable for a high doping and an efficient dispersion of PEDOT and allowed the development of highly conducting PEDOT:polyelectrolyte complexes. The use of the polyelectrolyte poly(4-styrenetrifluoromethane(bissulfonylimide)) (PSTFSI) as complexing agent for PEDOT resultedin stable dispersions with gel character, which allowed easy processing by spin coating and doctor blading. The obtained PEDOT:PSTFSI films were highly transparent,displayed a conductivity of up to 330S.cm-1 and were successfully integrated as electrodes in OLED, OPV and OECT devices.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第20700号 / 工博第4397号 / 新制||工||1683(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院工学研究科機械理工学専攻 / (主査)教授 北村 隆行, 教授 西脇 眞二, 教授 平方 寛之 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DFAM

This work focuses on the development of metal nanowire networks for the use as transparent electrodes in small-molecule organic solar cells. Broad adoption of organic solar cells requires inexpensive roll-to-roll processing on flexible, lightweight substrates. Under these conditions, traditional metal oxide electrodes suffer from significant drawbacks such as brittleness and cost. In contrast, metal nanowire networks provide properties more suitable for high-throughput processing and thus, are investigated here as an alternative. They combine the high-conductivity of metals with the advantage of optical transparency found in aperture-structured networks. The process chain from nanowire deposition to cell integration is examined with silver and copper nanowire material. Two techniques are presented for deposition. While dip-coating is investigated in detail, including a discussion of the most important parameters, spray-coating is demonstrated as an alternative for large area applications. Since the nanowires are barely conductive after deposition, post-treatment steps are used to achieve a performance comparable to standard metal oxide films such as tin-doped indium oxide (ITO). The inherent roughness of nanowire electrodes is addressed by using a conductive polymer as a planarization layer. On top of optimized electrodes, small-molecule organic solar cells are deposited with a UHV thermal evaporation process. Completed cells are tested and performance is found to be comparable to the used standard transparent electrodes. Additionally, a new approach to achieve aligned nanowire network structures is demonstrated. The additional degree of order is used to illustrate optical effects of silver nanowire networks. Furthermore, these aligned networks exhibit anisotropic conductivity. This effect is discussed and simulations are performed to reproduce the observations. The freedom of network design is used to achieve superior conductivity compared to standard random structures. / Im Fokus dieser Arbeit steht die Entwicklung von Metall-Nanodraht-Netzwerken für die Anwendung in transparenten Elektroden für organische Solarzellen. Eine breite Verwendung von organischen Solarzellen setzt eine kostengünstige Rolle-zu-Rolle Fertigung auf flexiblen und leichten Substraten voraus. Unter diesen Bedingungen leiden traditionell verwendete Metalloxid-Elektroden unter erheblichen Nachteilen, wie Brüchigkeit und Preis. Im Gegensatz dazu zeigen Metall-Nanodraht-Netzwerke deutlich bessere Eigenschaften und werden deshalb hier als alternative Elektroden untersucht. Die Netzwerke kombinieren die hohe Leitfähigkeit von Metallen mit einer hohen Transmittivität in Folge der netzwerkbedingten Apertur. Die Prozesskette von der Nanodraht-Abscheidung bis zur Zellintegration wird für Silber- und Kupferdrähte untersucht. Zwei Techniken für die Abscheidung werden präsentiert. Ein Tauchverfahren wird detailliert untersucht und die zugehörigen Parameter werden diskutiert. Für große Flächen wird eine Sprühbeschichtung als Alternative aufgezeigt. Da die abgeschiedenen Netzwerke eine schlechte Leitfähigkeit besitzen, sind Nachprozessierungsschritte notwendig um gute Leitfähigkeiten im Bereich von üblichen Elektroden wie Indium-Zinn-Oxid (ITO) zu erreichen. Die Rauheit der Nanodraht-Elektrode wird mit Hilfe einer glättenden Polymerschicht behoben. Auf den optimierten Elektroden werden organische Solarzellen aus kleinen Molekülen in einem thermischen UHV-Prozess abgeschieden. Die Zellen werden getestet und zeigen Eigenschaften vergleichbar zu üblichen transparenten Elektroden. Zusätzlich wird ein neuer Ansatz zur Herstellung von ausgerichteten Netzwerkstrukturen demonstriert. Der zusätzliche Grad an Ordnung wird für die Untersuchung von optischen Effekten an Silberdraht-Netzwerken genutzt. Weiterhin zeigen diese ausgerichteten Netzwerke eine anisotrope Leitfähigkeit. Dieser Effekt wird diskutiert und Simulationen werden durchgeführt, um die Beobachtungen zu verifizieren. Die Freiheit in der Netzwerkstruktur wird für eine Verbesserung der Leitfähigkeit genutzt.

Les électrodes transparentes sont intégrées dans de nombreux dispositifs optoélectroniques tels que (les OLED, les cellules photovoltaïques, les écrans tactiles...). De nos jours, l’électrode transparente la plus utilisée est l’oxyde d’indium dopé étain (ITO : Indium Tin Oxide) qui présente une transparence élevée et une faible résistance carrée. Malgré ces propriétés optoélectroniques exceptionnelles, l’ITO présente des inconvénients tels que la rareté de l’indium et sa fragilité qui est incompatible avec les substrats flexibles. Les nanofils d’argent (AgNWs) sont considérés comme une alternative potentielle pour remplacer l’ITO en vue de leur excellentes propriétés optoélectroniques et leur flexibilité. Néanmoins, les AgNWs souffrent de certains inconvénients (adhérence au substrat, rugosité). Dans ce travail nous proposons une structure de type Oxyde/Métal/Oxyde (OMO) en insérant une couche d’AgNWs comme couche métallique entre deux couches de nanoparticules d’oxydes (ZnO, AZO, WO3) pour fabriquer des électrodes tricouches de type ZAZ, AAA et WAW. Ces dernières ont montré transmission élevée combinée à une faible résistance carrée, ce qui leur permet d’être considérées comme des électrodes alternatives à l’ITO. De plus, les électrodes ZAZ et AAA ont été intégrées avec succès dans des cellules solaires organiques. En outre, un outil numérique potentiel utilisant la méthode FDTD (Finite Difference Time Domain) nous permis de confirmer les résultats expérimentaux pour les électrodes ZAZ. Ainsi, l’amélioration de l’absorption au sein de la couche active via l’effet plasmonique des AgNWs a été démontrée également. Finalement, nous avons pu modéliser un réseau semi-aléatoire des AgNWs inséré entre deux couches de ZnO tout en démontrant la différence en transmission entre une couche dense et une en nanoparticules de ZnO. / Transparent Electrodes (TEs) are crucial components of wide variety of optoelectronic devices as (OLEDs, photovoltaic cells, touch screen…). Nowadays, the transparent electrode widely used is Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), due to its good optoelectronic properties. However, it presents some drawbacks such as the indium scarcity and its brittleness which is not compatible with flexible substrates. Silver nanowires (AgNWs) were considered as potential alternative to replace ITO because of their good optical and electrical properties. Although promising, the AgNWs presents some drawbacks, including the poor adhesion to substrate and the surface roughness. In this work, we propose a sandwich structure Oxide/Metal/Oxide (OMO), where the metallic layer is based on AgNWs. We embedded AgNWs between two nanoparticles oxide layers of (ZnO, AZO, WO3) in order to fabricate trilayer electrodes which are ZAZ, AAA, WAW. These trilayer electrodes show a high transmittance and a low sheet resistance, which lead to consider them on of the alternative to the ITO. In addition, the ZAZ and AAA electrodes were successfully integrated in organic solar cells with good photovoltaic performance. Moreover, using the potential numerical method FDTD (Finite Difference Time Domain) we demonstrated a good agreement between the experimental and numerical results for the ZAZ electrodes. Therefore, the enhancement of absorption inside active layer due to the plasmonic effect of AgNWs was also demonstrated. Finally, we can model a randomly network of AgNWs embedded between two layers of ZnO, with investigating the difference between a dense and nanoparticles layer of ZnO.

Les matériaux conducteurs transparents font partie intégrante de très nombreux dispositifs optoélectroniques (de type cellule solaire, OLED, capteur tactile, etc.). Pour des raisons techniques et économiques (évolution des marchés vers les applications flexibles),d’importantes recherches sont mises en œuvre pour remplacer les couches minces d’oxydes métalliques (principalement en ITO) actuellement utilisées. En effet, de par sa faible résistance mécanique à la flexion et son coût d’élaboration élevé, l’ITO ne répond pas aux besoins de ces marchés émergents. L’utilisation de nanomatériaux en solution, et en particulier de nanofils métalliques, apparaît comme une alternative très prometteuse qui offre la possibilité d’utiliser des méthodes d’impression bas coût et grande surface. Ces travaux de thèse présentent les procédés de synthèse et purification de nanofils d’argent et de cuivre à forme facteur de forme. L’impression par spray de réseaux 2D percolants permet la réalisation d’électrodes flexibles démontrant d’excellentes propriétés optoélectroniques.Les nanofils d’Ag semblent toutefois être de meilleurs candidats que les nanofils de Cu (synthèse multi-grammes, impression grande surface, meilleure stabilité à l’air, etc.). Ainsi,après avoir identifié les principaux verrous technologiques ayant trait à l’utilisation des AgNF (rugosité, adhésion, travail de sortie, stabilités environnementales/électriques), différentes solutions ont été proposées dans le but d’améliorer les performances et de rendre les nanofils d’argent compatibles avec l’intégration en dispositif. Le potentiel des nanofils d’argent en tant que remplaçants de l’ITO a été confirmé grâce à l’intégration d’électrodes dans divers dispositifs fonctionnels (cellule solaire organique, capteur capacitif ou encore film chauffant). / Transparent conductive thin films are widely used in technologies like solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and display technologies. The fabrication of transparent conductive films is currently realized with thin films of transparent conductive oxides (TCOs), and in particular indium tin oxide (ITO). The as-made ITO transparent conductors suffer from limitations like costly fabrication process and brittleness. The use of solution-processable nanomaterials, and especially metallic nanowires, appears as a promising alternative since it affords a large area, low-cost deposition method with high performances.This thesis report that by optimizing synthesis methods and printing methods, flexible electrodes demonstrating excellent opto-electronic properties were performed, either with the use of a percolating network of silver nanowires or copper nanowires. The silver nanowires, however, seem to be better candidates than the copper nanowires (synthesized substantial amount, printing large area, better stability in air, etc.). Thus, having identified the main technological barriers related to the use of Ag NW (roughness, adhesion, work function, electrical/environmental stabilities), different solutions have been proposed in order to make the silver nanowires compatible with as many devices for integration.The potential of silver nanowires as replacements for ITO was confirmed through the integration of electrodes in various functional devices (organic solar cell, capacitive touch sensor or the film heater).