Piezoelectric Inkjet Printing Process of Ag and MoO3 Inks, Focused on Its Application in Organic Solar Cells
Abstract
Recently, printing technology has offered a fundamental tool for the development of solar cells fabricated with sustainable materials and on flexible substrates. However, different remaining challenges must be overcome to improve the performance of these opto-electronic devices, such as controlling the uniformity of printed area through the different factors that influence the process. For these reasons, in this work a basic procedure was stablished for Drop-On-Demand (DoD) printing of commercial silver (Ag) and molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) inks, directly forming patterns with different resolutions. This was achieved by applying a printing equipment configuration that allows a continuous, uniform and repeatable DoD mode, in addition to the appropriate in-process and post-process conditions, and characterizations of some properties. As a result of this study, a general technological sequence is available to improve the printed patterns of Ag and MoO3 and their potential application in organic solar cells.
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