Comparative analysis of opto-electronic performance of aluminium and silver nanoporous and nano-wired layers

• Main Authors: Marus, Mikita, Hubarevich, Aliaksandr, Wang, Hong, Mukha, Yauhen, Smirnov, Aliaksandr, Huang, Hui, Sun, Xiao Wei, Fan, Weijun
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Electronic properties; Visible-wavelength range
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81555; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39551
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The comparison of optical and electronic properties between randomly and uniformly arranged nano-wired layers of silver and aluminium was presented. The random configuration possessed similar average transmittance in the visible wavelength range, when the quantity of nano-wires was increased from 2 to 20 per area of 8×8 μm2; and higher average transmittance up to 38% and 45% when the quantity of nano-wires was increased from 20 to 200 per area of 8×8 μm2 for silver and aluminium nano-wired layers, respectively. Insignificant difference of the transmittance for silver and aluminium nano-wired layers was observed when the open area was less or equal to 55% regarding of the configuration. This difference became considerable as the open area grew larger than 55%: the uniform and random silver nano-wired possess up to 15% and 5% higher transmittance in comparison to aluminium nano-wired layers, respectively.