Semitransparent organic solar cells based on PffBT4T-2OD with a thick active layer and near neutral colour perception for window applications

Semitransparent organic solar cells (STOSCs) are of great interest in both academic and industrial fields since they can be easily used as building windows to achieve solar power generation in building façades.

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Solar power generation enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cells using hydrophobic and antireflective polymers with nanoholes

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c5ra10269c ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (75) ◽

pp. 61284-61289 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Joo Ho Lim ◽

Jung Woo Leem ◽

Jae Su Yu

Keyword(s):

Power Generation ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Power ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Hydrophobic Surface ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Solar Power Generation ◽

Protection Layer ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

A negatively tapered nanohole-patterned polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) antireflective protection layer with a hydrophobic surface improves the sunlight absorption of dye-sensitized solar cells.

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EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY AND IRRADIANCE ON SOLAR POWER GENERATION

Journal of Engineering Studies and Research ◽

10.29081/jesr.v26i4.243 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 113-119

Author(s):

FRANK ONAIFO ◽

AKPOFURE ALEXANDER OKANDEJI ◽

OLAMIDE AJETUNMOBI ◽

DAVID BALOGUN

Keyword(s):

Power Generation ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Solar Radiation ◽

Solar Irradiance ◽

Solar Power ◽

Corrosion Process ◽

Effect Of Temperature ◽

Photovoltaic Solar Cell ◽

Solar Power Generation

This paper studies the effect of temperature, humidity and irradiance on the power generated by a photovoltaic solar cell. This was achieved using pyranometer for determining the solar radiation, wet and dry thermometer for measuring humidity, and digital multimeter for voltage and current measurement. The result of the study show that power generation increases with increase of solar irradiance. Additionally, changes of humidity level and temperature do not significantly affect solar power generation. Furthermore, it was also observed that high temperatures and higher humidity levels accelerate the corrosion process on the solar cells which reduces the efficiency of the cells.

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Artificial inverted compound eye structured polymer films with light-harvesting and self-cleaning functions for encapsulated III–V solar cell applications

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c5ra05991g ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (75) ◽

pp. 60804-60813 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Jung Woo Leem ◽

Jae Su Yu

Keyword(s):

Power Generation ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Polymer Films ◽

Compound Eye ◽

Solar Power ◽

Light Harvesting ◽

Solar Power Generation ◽

Self Cleaning

Inverted compound eye structured polydimethylsiloxane (i.e., ICESs PDMS) antireflection layer enhances the solar power generation of encapsulated III–V solar cells.

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Optimising Non-Patterned MoO3/Ag/MoO3 Anode for High-Performance Semi-Transparent Organic Solar Cells towards Window Applications

Nanomaterials ◽

10.3390/nano10091759 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (9) ◽

pp. 1759

Author(s):

Lichun Chang ◽

Leiping Duan ◽

Ming Sheng ◽

Jun Yuan ◽

Haimang Yi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Organic Solar Cells ◽

High Performance ◽

Transparent Electrode ◽

Device Fabrication ◽

Colour Perception ◽

Research Attention ◽

Significant Research ◽

Window Applications ◽

Colour Rendering

Semi-transparent organic solar cells (ST-OSCs) have attracted significant research attention, as they have strong potential to be applied in automobiles and buildings. For ST-OSCs, the transparent top electrode is an indispensable component, where the dielectric/metal/dielectric (D/M/D) structured electrode displayed a promising future due to its simplicity in the fabrication. In this work, by using the MoO3-/Ag-/MoO3-based D/M/D transparent electrode, we fabricated ST-OSCs based on the PM6:N3 active layer for the first time. In the device fabrication, the D/M/D transparent electrode was optimised by varying the thickness of the outer MoO3 layer. As a result, we found that increasing the thickness of the outer MoO3 layer can increase the average visible transmittance (AVT) but decrease the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the device. The outer MoO3 layer with a 10 nm thickness was found as the optimum case, where its corresponding device showed the PCE of 9.18% with a high AVT of 28.94%. Moreover, the colour perception of fabricated ST-OSCs was investigated. All semi-transparent devices exhibited a neutral colour perception with a high colour rendering index (CRI) over 90, showing great potential for the window application.

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