Indium tin oxide-free and metal-free semitransparent organic solar cells

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2010 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3499299· OSTI ID:1064778

Zhou, Yinhua ^[1]; Cheun, Hyeunseok ^[1]; Choi, Seungkeun ^[1]; Potscavage, William J. ^[1]; Fuentes-Hernandez, Canek ^[1]; Kippelen, Bernard ^[1]

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1. Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)

We report on indium tin oxide (ITO)-free and metal-free semitransparent organic solar cells with a high-conductivity poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) (PH1000) as both the bottom and the top electrodes. The PH1000 film showed a conductivity of 680±50 S/cm . A ZnO layer was used as an interlayer to produce an electron-selective electrode. The semitransparent devices with a structure of glass/PH1000/ZnO/poly(3-hexylthiophene):phenyl-C₆₁ -butyric acid methyl ester/PEDOT:PSS (CPP 105 D)/PH1000 exhibited an average power conversion efficiency of 1.8% estimated for 100 mW/cm² air mass 1.5 global illumination. This geometry alleviates the need of vacuum deposition of a top electrode.

• Research Organization: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC); Center for Interface Science: Solar Electric Materials (CISSEM)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE SC Office of Basic Energy Sciences (SC-22)
• DOE Contract Number: SC0001084
• OSTI ID: 1064778
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 97; ISSN 0003-6951
• Publisher: American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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