Transparent Conductive Oxide Films and Organic Solar Cells
This community develops thin-film materials and devices that convert light into electricity or serve as transparent, flexible electronic components.
The research centers on metal oxide thin films, specifically indium tin oxide, zinc oxide, and indium gallium zinc oxide, used as transparent electrodes and active channel materials in thin-film transistors. A parallel strand focuses on organic solar cells, particularly non-fullerene acceptor systems and polymer-based photovoltaics. Key fabrication methods include magnetron sputtering and atomic layer deposition. The work emphasizes the optical and electrical properties of these films, with a strong focus on flexible substrates and transparent conducting networks, often incorporating silver nanowires to enhance conductivity.
The largest share of the community's output is found in tin research, accounting for 22.2% of all tin research, and 6,360 papers here. Indium research follows with a 21.0% share, representing 7,679 papers.
The community comprises 20,735 papers, publishing most frequently in Thin Solid Films, Applied Physics Letters, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
Recent work continues to refine the stability and conductivity of indium zinc oxide thin-film transistors and silver nanowire networks. It also explores high-performance organic solar cells using non-fullerene acceptors and investigates flexible, wearable sensor interfaces for motion and health monitoring.
Papers behind this description
- Non-fullerene acceptor with asymmetric structure and phenyl-substituted alkyl side chain for 20.2% efficiency organic solar cells — Nature Energy, 2024 — doi:10.1038/s41560-024-01557-z
- Non-fullerene acceptors with high crystallinity and photoluminescence quantum yield enable >20% efficiency organic solar cells — Nature Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s41563-024-02087-5
- Molecular interaction induced dual fibrils towards organic solar cells with certified efficiency over 20% — Nature Communications, 2024 — doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51359-w
- Organic solar cells with 21% efficiency enabled by a hybrid interfacial layer with dual-component synergy — Nature Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s41563-025-02305-8
- 19.31% binary organic solar cell and low non-radiative recombination enabled by non-monotonic intermediate state transition — Nature Communications, 2023 — doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37526-5
- 19.7% efficiency binary organic solar cells achieved by selective core fluorination of nonfullerene electron acceptors — Joule, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.joule.2024.01.005
- Tandem Organic Solar Cell with 20.2% Efficiency — Joule, 2022 — doi:10.1016/j.joule.2021.12.017
- Enhancing the electrical performance and stability of Hf-doped InZnO thin film transistors using dual-target co-sputtering technique — Applied Physics Letters, 2025 — doi:10.1063/5.0289388
- Amorphous IGZO Thin‐film Transistors: Materials, Device Structures, Fabrications, and Application Explorations — Advanced Functional Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1002/adfm.202503755
- Solvent vapor diffusion–driven multiscale pre-aggregation of non-fullerene acceptors enables high-performance organic solar cells — Nature Communications, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s41467-025-66199-5