图 1  (a) TCO/纳米金属膜/TCO三明治结构示意图; (b) TCO/金属网格/TCO复合电极结构示意图; (c) 典型的方格方孔型金属网格结构; (d) 典型的二维瑞利复合介质结构, w为金属网格的线宽, s为线间距, h为线高

Figure 1.  (a) Scheme of the TCO/metal-nanofilm/TCO sandwich structure; (b) scheme of the TCO/metal-mesh/TCO composite electrode structure; (c) typical structure of a metal mesh with bi-periodic square order; (d) typical structure of the two-dimensional Rayleigh composite, w is line-width of the metal mesh, s is line spacing; h is line height.

图 2  二维瑞利复合介质模型的方形阵列及计算原胞

Figure 2.  The square array with the cell structure chosen for calculation in a 2D Rayleigh composite model.

图 3  嵌入TCO的金属网格单层的仿真设置　(a) 原胞结构及相关参数; (b)有限元网格划分

Figure 3.  The simulation settings of a single layer of metal mesh embedded in TCO: (a) The cell structure and relevant parameters; (b) finite element meshing.

图 4  单层金属网格-TCO复合电极的仿真结果与修正前后的瑞利近似结果对比　(a) 金属网格-TCO单层复合电极的有效${\rho _{{\text{eff}}}}$电阻率随开口率$p$的变化, 三角点为图3所示结构的仿真结果, 黑色曲线为方格瑞利模型的二阶近似, 红色曲线为六角格瑞利模型的二阶近似, 插图为方格瑞利模型的有效电阻率随截断阶数$N$的变化, 计算中采用的组分材料为Ag和ITO, 其电阻率从文献[22]提取, $ {\rho _{\text{m}}} = {\rho _1} = 2 \times {10^{ - 7}} $$\Omega \cdot {\mathrm{m}}$, $ {\rho _{{\text{TCO}}}} = {\rho _2} = 8.0096 \times {10^{ - 6}} $$\Omega \cdot{\mathrm{ m}}$; (b) 3种金属网格形态的对比, (由上至下)仿真中采用的方格方孔、瑞利方格、瑞利六角格, ${l_{\min }}$为网格金属通道内最窄处, ${l_{\max }}$为网格金属通道内最宽处

Figure 4.  Comparison between simulation results and Rayleigh approximations before and after correction for the mesh-TCO layer resistivity: (a) Dependence of the effective resistivity ${\rho _{{\text{eff}}}}$ vs. open ratio $p$, triangles is the simulation results for a layer of metal mesh embedded in TCO with the structure shown in Fig. 3, black line is the calculated results from a square-lattice Rayleigh model in the 2^nd order, red line is the calculated results from a hexagonal-lattice Rayleigh model in the 2^nd order, inset is the convergence of the effective resistivity of the square Rayleigh model with the truncation order $N$ for different open-ratios, the components in the calculations are Ag and ITO with resistivity, $ {\rho _{\text{m}}} = {\rho _1} = 2 \times {10^{ - 7}} $$\Omega \cdot {\mathrm{m}}$, $ {\rho _{{\text{TCO}}}} = {\rho _2} = 8.0096 \times {10^{ - 6}} $$\Omega \cdot {\mathrm{m}}$^[22]; (b) comparison of different mesh structure, downward is the square lattice with square hole as adopted in simulations, square lattice with circular hole as adopted in the square Rayleigh model, hexagonal lattice with circular hole as adopted in the hexagonal Rayleigh model, ${l_{\min }}$ is the minimum of the metallic channel width, ${l_{\max }}$ is the maximum of the metallic channel width.

图 5  单层金属网格/TCO复合电极仿真的电势分布与电流密度矢量分布　(a) 不同开口率下方孔方格的电势分布, 由左至右$p = $$ 0.7, \;0.6, \;0.5$; (b) 方格方孔型与方格圆孔型的金属通道电流密度分布仿真结果对比, 左二图开口率$p = 0.7$, 右二图开口率$p = 0.5$, ${l_1}, {l_1}'$表示网格金属通道内最窄处, ${l_2}, {l_2}'$表示网格金属通道内最宽处, 组分电阻率设置同图4(a)

Figure 5.  Distributions of electric potential and current density vector from the simulations for a layer of metal mesh embedded in TCO: (a) The electric potential distribution for the mesh of a square array with square opens, from left to right $p = 0.7, \;0.6, \;0.5$; (b) the current distributions in the metallic region for different meshes, open ratio $p = 0.7$ in the second figure from the left, open ratio $p = 0.5$ in the second figure from the right, ${l_1}, {l_1}'$ represents minimum of the metallic channel width, ${l_2}, {l_2}'$ represents maximum of the metallic channel width.

图 6  三明治结构复合电极方阻的仿真计算结果与修正后的瑞利近似结果的对比　(a) TCO/金属网格/TCO三明治结构的有效介质近似示意图; (b) 不同组分电阻率比$\alpha $下复合电极方阻${R_{{\text{sh}}}}$随开口率$p$的变化曲线($h = 10\;{\text{nm}}$, ${\rho _1} = 2 \times {10^{ - 7}}\;\Omega \cdot {\text{m}}$, ${\rho _2} = \alpha {\rho _1}$); (c) 不同网格层厚度$h$下复合电极方阻${R_{{\text{sh}}}}$随开口率$p$的变化曲线(组分电阻率比$\alpha = 50$, ${\rho _1} = 2 \times {10^{ - 7}}\;\Omega \cdot {\text{m}}$, ${\rho _2} = \alpha {\rho _1}$), 三角点为仿真结果, 实线为修正后的瑞利近似结果

Figure 6.  Comparison between the simulations results and the corrected Rayleigh approximation for the sheet resistance ${R_{{\text{sh}}}}$ of the sandwich TCO/metal-mesh/TCO electrode: (a) Scheme of the effective medium approximation of the sandwich electrode; (b) ${R_{{\text{sh}}}}$ vs. open-ratio $p$curves for different component resistivity ratio $\alpha $ ($h = 10\;{\text{nm}}$, ${\rho _1} = 2 \times {10^{ - 7}}~\Omega {\cdot} {\text{m}}$, ${\rho _2} = \alpha {\rho _1}$); (c) ${R_{{\text{sh}}}}$ vs. open-ratio $p$curves for different mesh thickness $h$ ($\alpha = 50$, ${\rho _1} = 2 \times {10^{ - 7}}\;\Omega \cdot {\text{m}}$, ${\rho _2} = \alpha {\rho _1}$). Triangles represent simulation results, solid lines represent results from the corrected Rayleigh approximation.

图 7  ITO/Ag网格/ITO三明治复合电极方阻${R_{{\text{sh}}}}$随Ag网格开口率$p$的变化, 方点取自文献[14]的实验结果, 实线采用格型修正后的瑞利模型拟合得到的曲线, 相关结构参数与材料参数如正文所述

Figure 7.  The variance of the sheet resistance ${R_{{\text{sh}}}}$ with mesh open-ratio $p$ for an ITO/Ag-mesh/ITO composite sandwich electrode. Square represents experimental results for the experiments in Ref.[14], solid line represents the fitted result with the lattice-modified Rayleigh model, the relevant structure and material parameters are as described in the main text.

图 8  金属网格厚度$h$与开口率$p$对ITO/Ag网格/ITO复合电极方阻${R_{{\text{sh}}}}$的影响, 从左到右6组数据点分别对应$h = 8\;{\text{, 10, 12, 14, }} {\text{16, }} {\text{18, 20}}\;{\text{nm}}$, 每组数据点对应开口率从$p = 0$到$p = 0.85$, 步长均匀, 计算结果采用修正后的瑞利模型得到, 相关参数设置如正文所述

Figure 8.  The dependence of the ITO/Ag-mesh/ITO composite electrode on the mesh thickness $h$ and open-ratio $p$, rightward corresponding $h = 8\;{\text{, 10, 12, 14, }} {\text{16, }} {\text{18, 20}}\;{\text{nm}}$, each dataset corresponding $p = 0$ to $p = 0.85$, with uniform step, other parameters are set up as described in the main text.

图 9  (a) 3种不同的格型孔型下金属通道的形状因子随开口率的变化, 灰色虚线标注为Sq.&Sq., 代表具有方格方孔形态的金属网格; 黑色实线标注为Sq. Rayleigh, 代表瑞利方格; 红色实线, 标注为Hex. Rayleigh, 代表瑞利六角格; (b) 不同近似结果与仿真结果的相对误差随开口率的变化, 浅灰色实线为等效电路近似, 蓝灰色实线为二阶瑞利方格近似, 蓝绿色实线为二级瑞利六角格近似, 蓝色方点为瑞利方格高阶截断近似

Figure 9.  (a) The variance of the shape factor of metal channels with open ratio for different mesh type, gray dash line labeled Sq.&Sq., mesh of a bi-periodic square lattice, black solid line labeled Sq. Rayleigh, Rayleigh model of a square lattice, red solid line labeled Hex, Rayleigh represents Rayleigh model of a hexagonal lattice; (b) the variance of the relative error of different approximations with respect to the simulation results, light-gray solid represents equivalent circuit approximation; blue-gray solid represents square Rayleigh approximation in the 2^nd order; blue-green solid represents hexagonal Rayleigh approximation in the 2^nd order; blue squares represents high-order square Rayleigh approximation.