Peng, Y.; Zhang, L.; Cheng, N.; Andrew, T.L. ITO-Free Transparent Organic Solar Cell with Distributed Bragg Reflector for Solar Harvesting Windows. Energies2017, 10, 707.
Peng, Y.; Zhang, L.; Cheng, N.; Andrew, T.L. ITO-Free Transparent Organic Solar Cell with Distributed Bragg Reflector for Solar Harvesting Windows. Energies 2017, 10, 707.
Peng, Y.; Zhang, L.; Cheng, N.; Andrew, T.L. ITO-Free Transparent Organic Solar Cell with Distributed Bragg Reflector for Solar Harvesting Windows. Energies2017, 10, 707.
Peng, Y.; Zhang, L.; Cheng, N.; Andrew, T.L. ITO-Free Transparent Organic Solar Cell with Distributed Bragg Reflector for Solar Harvesting Windows. Energies 2017, 10, 707.
Abstract
We demonstrated an ITO-free, highly transparent organic solar cell with the potential to be integrated into window panes for energy harvesting purposes. A transparent, conductive ZnO/Ag/ZnO multilayer electrode and a Ag:Ca thin film electrode were used in this transparent device as the bottom and top electrode, respectively. To further improve the transmittance of the solar cell, the thickness of the top ZnO layer was investigated by both experiment and simulation. An average visible transmittance of > 60% was reached, with a maximum transmittance of 73% at 556 nm. Both top and bottom illumination of the solar cell generated comparable power conversion efficiencies, which indicates the wide application of this solar cell structure. In addition, we fabricated distributed Bragg reflector mirrors with sputtered SiO2 and TiO2, which efficiently increased the power conversion efficiency over 20% for the solar cells on glass and PET substrates,
Chemistry and Materials Science, Polymers and Plastics
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