scholarly journals Detailed optical modelling and light-management of thin-film organic solar cells with consideration of small-area effects

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. A176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Lipovšek ◽  
Andrej Čampa ◽  
Fei Guo ◽  
Christoph J. Brabec ◽  
Karen Forberich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Optical Modelling ◽  
Area Effects ◽  
Light Management

Thin Film Encapsulation of Organic Solar Cells by Direct Deposition of Polysilazanes from Solution

2019 ◽  
pp. 1900598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iftikhar Ahmed Channa ◽  
Andreas Distler ◽  
Michael Zaiser ◽  
Christoph J. Brabec ◽  
Hans‐Joachim Egelhaaf
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Direct Deposition ◽  
Thin Film Encapsulation

Organic solar cells employing magnetron sputtered p-type nickel oxide thin film as the anode buffer layer

2010 ◽  
Vol 94 (12) ◽  
pp. 2332-2336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sun-Young Park ◽  
Hye-Ri Kim ◽  
Yong-Jin Kang ◽  
Dong-Ho Kim ◽  
Jae-Wook Kang
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Nickel Oxide ◽  
Buffer Layer ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Oxide Thin Film ◽  
Anode Buffer Layer ◽  
P Type ◽  
Type Nickel ◽  
Nickel Oxide Thin Film

New Light Management Concepts for Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells

2008 ◽  
Vol 1101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut Stiebig ◽  
Christian Haase ◽  
Silvia Jorke ◽  
Philipp Obermeyer ◽  
Etienne Moulin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Metallic Nanoparticles ◽  
Light Propagation ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Cell Structure ◽  
Thin Film Silicon ◽  
Diffractive Element ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Light Management

AbstractAn efficient utilization of the sun spectrum is a key issue in the field of thin-film silicon solar cell technology. Therefore, different strategies for enhanced light absorption were presented in the last years. In order to achieve a better understanding of light scattering at nanotextured interfaces the optical properties of a large variety of samples were studied. The angle resolved scattering behavior was analyzed by means of a developed ray tracing model. As an alternative to randomly textured substrates, the influence of periodically textured substrates on the light propagation in solar cells was experimentally and numerically studied with respect to improved light in-coupling and light trapping. Based on a deeper understanding a new tandem cell structure with a diffractive element between the top and bottom cell was developed. Finally, the influence of metallic nanoparticles on the cell performance was studied.

Improving the stabilities of organic solar cells via employing a mixed cathode buffer layer

2021 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 30201
Author(s):  
Xi Guan ◽  
Yufei Wang ◽  
Shang Feng ◽  
Jidong Zhang ◽  
Qingqing Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Mixed Layer ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Buffer Layers ◽  
Commercial Development ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies ◽  
Thermal Stability Of ◽  
Cathode Buffer Layers

Organic solar cells (OSCs) have been fabricated using cathode buffer layers based on bathocuproine (BCP) and 4,4'-N,N'-dicarbazole-biphenyl (CBP). It is found that despite nearly same power conversion efficiencies, the bilayer of BCP/CBP shows increased thermal stability of device than the monolayer of BCP, mostly because upper CBP thin film stabilizes under BCP thin film. The mixed layer of BCP:CBP gives slightly decreased efficiency than BCP and BCP/CBP, mostly because the electron mobility of the OSC using BCP:CBP is decreased than those using BCP and BCP/CBP. However, the BCP:CBP increases thermal stability of device than BCP and BCP/CBP, ascribed to that the BCP and CBP effectively inhibit reciprocal tendencies of crystallizations in the mixed layer. Moreover, the BCP:CBP improves the light stability of device than the BCP and BCP/CBP, because the energy transfer from BCP to CBP in in the mixed layer effectively decelerates the photodegradation of BCP. We provide a facial method to improve the stabilities of cathode buffer layers against heat and light, beneficial to the commercial development of OSCs.

Performance enhancement of inverted type organic solar cells by using Eu doped TiO2 thin film

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 64-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osman Örnek ◽  
Zühal Alpaslan Kösemen ◽  
Sadullah Öztürk ◽  
Betül Canımkurbey ◽  
Şaban Fındık ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Tio2 Thin Film ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Doped Tio2

Approaches and challenges in optical modelling and simulation of thin-film solar cells

2015 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 57-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Topič ◽  
Martin Sever ◽  
Benjamin Lipovšek ◽  
Andrej Čampa ◽  
Janez Krč
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Modelling And Simulation ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Optical Modelling
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