Enhanced light harvesting in flexible polymer solar cells: synergistic simulation of a plasmonic meta-mirror and a transparent silver mesowire electrode

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (48) ◽  
pp. 18952-18962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing-Dong Ou ◽  
Hao-Jun Xie ◽  
Jing-De Chen ◽  
Lei Zhou ◽  
Yan-Qing Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Grid Electrode ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Flexible Polymer ◽  
Back Reflector

Highly efficient flexible polymer solar cells with enhanced light harvesting are achieved by combining a transparent silver mesowire grid electrode and a plasmonic meta-mirror back reflector.

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

Dual Roles of the Fullerene Interlayer on Light Harvesting and Electron Transfer for Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (16) ◽  
pp. 8722-8730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiqi Li ◽  
Chunyu Liu ◽  
Zhihui Zhang ◽  
Xinyuan Zhang ◽  
Wenbin Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Highly Efficient

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.

Enhanced Light-Harvesting by Integrating Synergetic Microcavity and Plasmonic Effects for High-Performance ITO-Free Flexible Polymer Solar Cells

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Yao ◽  
Xu-Kai Xin ◽  
Chu-Chen Chueh ◽  
Kung-Shih Chen ◽  
Yun-Xiang Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Flexible Polymer ◽  
Plasmonic Effects

Highly Efficient Top-Illuminated Flexible Polymer Solar Cells with a Nanopatterned 3D Microresonant Cavity

Small ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1278-1283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Jin An ◽  
Changsoon Cho ◽  
Jong Kil Choi ◽  
Jong-Min Park ◽  
Ming Liang Jin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Flexible Polymer

Non-equivalent D-A copolymerization strategy towards highly efficient polymer donor for polymer solar cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziya Shang ◽  
Liuyang Zhou ◽  
Chenkai Sun ◽  
Lei Meng ◽  
Wenbin Lai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Highly Efficient

Highly Efficient All‐Polymer Solar Cells Processed from Nonhalogenated Solvents

ChemSusChem ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuojia Li ◽  
Kui Feng ◽  
Jingwei Wang ◽  
Min Li ◽  
Qiaoqian Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Highly Efficient

Determining Optimal Crystallinity of Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Terpolymers for Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells and Transistors

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (24) ◽  
pp. 6963-6970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ki-Hyun Kim ◽  
Sunhee Park ◽  
Hojeong Yu ◽  
Hyunbum Kang ◽  
Inho Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Highly Efficient

Highly efficient polymer solar cells based on poly(carbazole-alt-thiophene-benzofurazan)

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 2042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Zhang ◽  
Xiaowen Hu ◽  
Minquan Wang ◽  
Huiping Xiao ◽  
Xiong Gong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Highly Efficient

Highly Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells from a Dithieno[3,2-f:2′,3′-h]quinoxaline-Based Wide Band Gap Donor

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingxing Zhao ◽  
Congcong Cao ◽  
Hengtao Wang ◽  
Xiangyu Shen ◽  
Hanjian Lai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
Wide Band Gap ◽  
Highly Efficient
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