TY - JOUR
T1 - Semitransparent organic solar cells
AU - Zhu, Furong
N1 - Publisher copyright:
© Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - The organic solar cell technology has attracted great interests due to its potential of low cost solution process capability. Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells offer a potentially much cheaper alternative way to harness solar energy, and can be made flexible and large area. They can also be made translucent and in different colors. As a result, the inexpensive fabrication process such as solution-process techniques, mechanical flexibility, light weight and visible-light transparency features make organic solar technology attractive for application in new markets, such as smart sensors, power generating window panes, building architecture, greenhouses and outdoor lifestyle, etc. After a brief overview of basics of organic photo-voltaics, the enhancement of semitransparent organic solar cells over the two competing performance indices of power conversion efficiency and transmittance will be discussed.
AB - The organic solar cell technology has attracted great interests due to its potential of low cost solution process capability. Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells offer a potentially much cheaper alternative way to harness solar energy, and can be made flexible and large area. They can also be made translucent and in different colors. As a result, the inexpensive fabrication process such as solution-process techniques, mechanical flexibility, light weight and visible-light transparency features make organic solar technology attractive for application in new markets, such as smart sensors, power generating window panes, building architecture, greenhouses and outdoor lifestyle, etc. After a brief overview of basics of organic photo-voltaics, the enhancement of semitransparent organic solar cells over the two competing performance indices of power conversion efficiency and transmittance will be discussed.
KW - optical admittance analysis
KW - optical and optimal design
KW - organic photovoltaic
KW - transparent electrode
UR - https://journal.hep.com.cn/foe/EN/volumn/volumn_459.shtml
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84895180672&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s12200-014-0395-5
DO - 10.1007/s12200-014-0395-5
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84895180672
SN - 2095-2759
VL - 7
SP - 20
EP - 27
JO - Frontiers of Optoelectronics
JF - Frontiers of Optoelectronics
IS - 1
ER -