Highly efficient and stable cupronickel nanomesh electrode for flexible organic photovoltaic devices

Advances in flexible optoelectronic devices have led to increasing need for developing high performance, low cost, and flexible transparent conducting electrodes. Copper-based electrodes have been unattainable due to the relatively thermal instability and poor oxidation resistance. Herein, we present oxidation resistive CuNi nanomesh electrodes that exhibit a low sheet resistance of similar to 7.5 Omega/rectangle and a high optical transmittance of similar to 81% at 550 nm. Further, high long-term stability against the effects of oxidation, heat, and chemicals is exhibited by the CuNi nanomesh, in comparison with the behavior of a pure Cu nanomesh sample. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.