DOI: 10.1063/1.2711657. Optical enhancement in semitransparent polymer photovoltaic cells

Optical enhancement in semitransparent polymer photovoltaic cells

10.1063/1.2711657

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Abstract

This letter reports our efforts to improve the power conversion efficiency (PCE) and the optical transparency of semitransparent poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT):1-(3-methoxycarbonyl)-propyl-1-phenyl-(6,6)C60 (PCBM) based photovoltaic (PV) cells. Semitransparent P3HT:PCBM based solar cells were prepared based on parameters obtained by optical admittance analysis. The performance of structurally identical polymer PV cells made with a reflective calcium/silver cathode and a semitransparent Ca(10nm)∕Ag(10nm)/indium tin oxide cathode are compared. For semitransparent polymer PV cells with a 75nm thick active P3HT:PCBM blend layer, an average transmission of more than 30% was achieved with a high PCE of 1.7% under simulated AM1.5G illumination of 100mW∕cm2.

Bibliography

Ng, G.-M., Kietzke, E. L., Kietzke, T., Tan, L.-W., Liew, P.-K., & Zhu, F. (2007). Optical enhancement in semitransparent polymer photovoltaic cells. Applied Physics Letters, 90(10).

Authors 6

Ging-Meng Ng (first)
Elizabeth Lekha Kietzke (additional)
Thomas Kietzke (additional)
Li-Wei Tan (additional)
Pooi-Kwan Liew (additional)
Furong Zhu (additional)

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Type	When
Created	18 years, 5 months ago (March 6, 2007, 6:48 p.m.)
Deposited	2 years, 1 month ago (July 2, 2023, 11:51 p.m.)
Indexed	4 weeks, 2 days ago (July 30, 2025, 6:49 a.m.)
Issued	18 years, 5 months ago (March 5, 2007)
Published	18 years, 5 months ago (March 5, 2007)
Published Online	18 years, 5 months ago (March 6, 2007)
Published Print	18 years, 5 months ago (March 5, 2007)

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BibTeX

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