Plastic solar cells: Breaking the 10% commercialization barrier

Letian Dou; Jingbi You; Chun Chao Chen; Gang Li; Yang Yang

doi:10.1117/12.930410

Plastic solar cells: Breaking the 10% commercialization barrier

Letian Dou, Jingbi You, Chun Chao Chen, Gang Li, Yang Yang

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Abstract

Tandem solar cells provide an effective way to harvest a broader spectrum of solar radiation by combining two or more solar cells with different absorption ranges. However, for polymer solar cells (PSCs), the performance of tandem devices lags behind single-layer cells mainly due to the lack of a high-performance low-bandgap polymer with appropriate spectral response range. Here, we demonstrate a novel low bandgap conjugated polymer (~1.44 eV) specifically suitable for tandem structure. In the single-layer device, power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.5% was achieved. When the polymer was applied to tandem solar cells, we demonstrated a NREL certified PCE of 8.62%[1]. Further optimization on materials and devices of this system has lead to record breaking efficiency of 10.6%. Furthermore, the tandem devices show excellent stability due both to the intrinsic stability of the polymer and the advanced device structure.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Optical Processes in Organic Materials and Nanostructures
Volume	8474
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.930410
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	Optical Processes in Organic Materials and Nanostructures - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 12 Aug 2012 → 15 Aug 2012

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Conference	Optical Processes in Organic Materials and Nanostructures
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	12/08/12 → 15/08/12

Keywords

Low bandgap polymer
Polymer solar cell
Tandem polymer solar cell

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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