Organic solar cells and organic light emitting diodes are on the forefront of
emerging technologies aimed at harnessing light in ways never thought possible. Largear installations of OLED solid state lighting (SSL), as well as organic photovoltaics(OPVs), will become possible as the efficiencies of these devices continue to rise. All organic solar cells and OLEDs require the use of transparent conductive electrodes.Indium oxide (ITO) is currently the transparent conductor of choice for these
applications, due to its unique combination of transparency, high conductivity, durability,and favourable surface properties.
Indium, however, is a rare and expensive metal; proposed large-area installations
of OPV cells and OLEDs will add further strain to global indium supply. Transparent
conductive materials that are abundant, inexpensive, and which enable efficient and
robust organic devices must therefore be developed. In the present work, suitable ITO
anode replacement materials are demonstrated for OLEDS, small-molecule, polymer, and
PbS colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/24268 |
| Date | 06 April 2010 |
| Creators | Murdoch, Graham |
| Contributors | Lu, Zhenghong |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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