Optical enhancement in semitransparent polymer photovoltaic cells

Ging Meng Ng; Elizabeth Lekha Kietzke; Thomas Kietzke; Li Wei Tan; Pooi Kwan Liew; Furong Zhu

doi:10.1063/1.2711657

Optical enhancement in semitransparent polymer photovoltaic cells

Ging Meng Ng
, Elizabeth Lekha Kietzke
, Thomas Kietzke
, Li Wei Tan
, Pooi Kwan Liew
, Furong Zhu^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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 (10 nm) Ag (10 nm) /indium tin oxide cathode are compared. For semitransparent polymer PV cells with a 75 nm 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 100 mW cm².

Original language	English
Article number	103505
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	90
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2711657
Publication status	Published - 5 Mar 2007

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