Improved efficiency of flexible polymer solar cells with a non-annealing active layer

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 023128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengying Wang ◽  
Liying Yang ◽  
Xuejian Xu ◽  
Wenjing Qin ◽  
Shougen Yin
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Flexible Polymer

scholarly journals Using Dual Microresonant Cavity and Plasmonic Effects to Enhance the Photovoltaic Efficiency of Flexible Polymer Solar Cells

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenfei Shen ◽  
Guoqing Zhao ◽  
Xiaolin Zhang ◽  
Fanchen Bu ◽  
Jungheum Yun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Sheet Resistance ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
Indium Tin Oxide ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Sio2 Nanoparticles ◽  
Flexible Polymer ◽  
Photoactive Polymers ◽  
Plasmonic Effects

Fabricating polymer solar cells (PSCs) on flexible polymer substrates, instead of on hard glass, is attractive for implementing the advantage and uniqueness of the PSCs represented by mechanically rollable and light-weight natures. However, simultaneously achieving reliable robustness and high-power conversion efficiency (PCE) in such flexible PSCs is still technically challenging due to poor light harvesting of thin photoactive polymers. In this work, we report a facile, effective strategy for improving the light-harvesting performance of flexible PSCs without sacrificing rollability. Very high transparent (93.67% in 400–800 nm) and low sheet resistance (~10 Ω sq−1) ZnO/Ag(O)/ZnO electrodes were implemented as the flexible substrates. In systematically comparison with ZnO/Ag/ZnO electrodes, small amount of oxygen induced continuous metallic films with lower thickness, which resulted in higher transmittance and lower sheet resistance. To increase the light absorption of thin active layer (maintain the high rollability of active layer), a unique platform simultaneously utilizing both a transparent electrode configuration based on an ultrathin oxygen-doped Ag, Ag(O), and film and plasmonic Ag@SiO2 nanoparticles were designed for fully leveraging the advantages of duel microresonant cavity and plasmonic effects to enhance light absorbance in photoactive polymers. A combination of the ZnO/Ag(O)/ZnO electrode and Ag@SiO2 nanoparticles significantly increased the short-current density of PSCs to 17.98 mA cm−2 with enhancing the photoluminescence of PTB7-Th film. The flexible PSC using the optimized configuration provided an average PCE of 8.04% for flexible PSCs, which was increased by 36.27% compared to that of the PSC merely using a conventional transparent indium tin oxide electrode.

scholarly journals High Efficiency Flexible Polymer Solar Cells Based on PET Substrates with a Nonannealing Active Layer

2009 ◽  
Vol 156 (10) ◽  
pp. B1188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kao-Hua Tsai ◽  
Jing-Shun Huang ◽  
Meng-Yueh Liu ◽  
Cha-Hsin Chao ◽  
Chun-Yu Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Flexible Polymer

Regulation of the Miscibility of the Active Layer by Random Terpolymer Acceptors to Realize High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1923-1931
Author(s):  
Dong Chen ◽  
Siqi Liu ◽  
Jinliang Liu ◽  
Jihui Han ◽  
Lie Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells

scholarly journals Novel semi-analytical optoelectronic modeling based on homogenization theory for realistic plasmonic polymer solar cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Arefinia ◽  
Dip Prakash Samajdar
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
Analytical Modeling ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Scattered Light ◽  
Homogenization Theory ◽  
Computational Time ◽  
Coupled Equations ◽  
Long Time

AbstractNumerical-based simulations of plasmonic polymer solar cells (PSCs) incorporating a disordered array of non-uniform sized plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) impose a prohibitively long-time and complex computational demand. To surmount this limitation, we present a novel semi-analytical modeling, which dramatically reduces computational time and resource consumption and yet is acceptably accurate. For this purpose, the optical modeling of active layer-incorporated plasmonic metal NPs, which is described by a homogenization theory based on a modified Maxwell–Garnett-Mie theory, is inputted in the electrical modeling based on the coupled equations of Poisson, continuity, and drift–diffusion. Besides, our modeling considers the effects of absorption in the non-active layers, interference induced by electrodes, and scattered light escaping from the PSC. The modeling results satisfactorily reproduce a series of experimental data for photovoltaic parameters of plasmonic PSCs, demonstrating the validity of our modeling approach. According to this, we implement the semi-analytical modeling to propose a new high-efficiency plasmonic PSC based on the PM6:Y6 PSC, having the highest reported power conversion efficiency (PCE) to date. The results show that the incorporation of plasmonic NPs into PM6:Y6 active layer leads to the PCE over 18%.

Active layer transfer by stamping technique for polymer solar cells: Synergistic effect of TiOx interlayer

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Hwan Wang ◽  
Dae Geun Choi ◽  
Ki-Joong Lee ◽  
O. Ok Park ◽  
Jong Hyeok Park
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Synergistic Effect ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Layer Transfer

Efficient Inverted Polymer Solar Cells with Directly Patterned Active Layer and Silver Back Grating

2012 ◽  
Vol 116 (12) ◽  
pp. 7200-7206 ◽  
Author(s):  
X.H. Li ◽  
Wei E.I. Sha ◽  
Wallace C.H. Choy ◽  
Dixon D. S. Fung ◽  
F. X. Xie
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Inverted Polymer Solar Cells

Engineering Polymer Solar Cells: Advancement in Active Layer Thickness and Morphology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritesh Kant Gupta ◽  
Rabindranath Garai ◽  
Maimur Hossain ◽  
Mohammad Adil Afroz ◽  
Dibashmoni Kalita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
High Power ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Active Layer Thickness ◽  
High Power Conversion Efficiency

Achieving high power conversion efficiency (PCE) polymer solar cells (PSCs) has been very challenging and the ultimate goal for their commercialization. Precise investigation of the active layer morphology and newer...

Effect of polymer donor aggregation on the active layer morphology of amorphous polymer acceptor-based all-polymer solar cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (16) ◽  
pp. 5613-5619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Zicheng Ding ◽  
Ruyan Zhao ◽  
Feng Jirui ◽  
Wei Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Phase Separation ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
Amorphous Polymer ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Crystalline Polymer ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Polymer Acceptor ◽  
Aggregation Tendency

The aggregation tendency in solution of polymer donors is the dominant factor in the phase separation of semi-crystalline polymer donor/amorphous polymer acceptor blends in all-PSCs.

scholarly journals Highly Efficient Flexible Polymer Solar Cells with Robust Mechanical Stability

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 1801180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Licheng Tan ◽  
Yilin Wang ◽  
Jingwen Zhang ◽  
Shuqin Xiao ◽  
Huanyu Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Mechanical Stability ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Flexible Polymer
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