@article {Torrisi2019,
	title = {{Colloidal-structured metallic micro-grids: High performance transparent electrodes in the red and infrared range}},
	journal = {Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells},
	volume = {197},
	year = {2019},
	note = {n/a},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {7{\textendash}12},
	publisher = {Elsevier B.V.},
	abstract = {<p>One of the most promising approaches to produce industrial-compatible Transparent Conducting Materials (TCMs) with excellent characteristics is the fabrication of TCO/metal/TCO multilayers. In this article, we report on the electro-optical properties of a novel high-performing TCO/metal/TCO structure in which the intra-layer is a micro-structured metallic grid instead of a continuous thin film. The grid is obtained by evaporation of Ag through a mask of polystyrene colloidal micro-spheres deposited by the Langmuir-Blodgett method and partially dry-etched in plasma. IZO/Ag grid/IZO structures with different thicknesses and mesh dimensions have been fabricated, exhibiting excellent electrical characteristics (sheet resistance below 10 ${\O}mega$/□) and particularly high optical transmittance in the near-infrared spectral region as compared to planar (unstructured) TCM multilayers. Numerical simulations were also used to highlight the role of the Ag mesh parameters on the electrical properties.</p>
},
	keywords = {Ag micro-grid, IR trasmittance, Multilayer thin film, Transparent conductive electrodes},
	issn = {09270248},
	doi = {10.1016/j.solmat.2019.03.046},
	author = {Torrisi, Giacomo and Luis, Jo{\~a}o S. and Sanchez-Sobrado, Olalla and Raciti, Rosario and Mendes, Manuel J and {\'A}guas, Hugo and Fortunato, Elvira and Martins, Rodrigo and Terrasi, Antonio}
}
