High-performance semi-transparent polymer solar cells possessing tandem structures

Chun Chao Chen; Letian Dou; Jing Gao; Wei Hsuan Chang; Gang Li; Yang Yang

doi:10.1039/c3ee40860d

High-performance semi-transparent polymer solar cells possessing tandem structures

Chun Chao Chen, Letian Dou, Jing Gao, Wei Hsuan Chang, Gang Li, Yang Yang

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Abstract

In this study we employed tandem device architectures to tune the external appearance and light-conversion properties of polymer solar cells (PSCs) from visibly transparent to semi-transparent, making them more versatile for integrated photovoltaic applications and more efficient under solar illumination. Our best transparent solar cell was a tandem PSC exhibiting an efficiency of 6.4% and a maximum transmission of 51% at 550 nm; in contrast, a semi-transparent tandem PSC having an average transmission of 30% in the visible range exhibited an efficiency greater than 7%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2714-2720
Number of pages	7
Journal	Energy and Environmental Science
Volume	6
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ee40860d
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Nuclear Energy and Engineering
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