High‐Performance Semitransparent Ternary Organic Solar Cells

Xie, Yuanpeng; Huo, Lijun; Fan, Bingbing; Fu, Huiting; Cai, Yunhao; Zhang, Lin; Li, Zhiyi; Wang, Ying; Ma, Wei; Chen, Yiwang; Sun, Yanming

doi:10.1002/adfm.201800627

High‐Performance Semitransparent Ternary Organic Solar Cells

Journal Article · Mon May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Advanced Functional Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201800627· OSTI ID:1438078

Xie, Yuanpeng ^[1]; Huo, Lijun ^[1]; Fan, Bingbing ^[1]; Fu, Huiting ^[1]; Cai, Yunhao ^[1]; Zhang, Lin ^[2]; Li, Zhiyi ^[3]; Wang, Ying ^[3]; Ma, Wei ^[2]; Chen, Yiwang ^[4]; ^[5]

Heeger Beijing Research and Development Center School of Chemistry Beihang University Beijing 100191 China, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engneering Beihang University Beijing 100191 China
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 China
Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry and Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
College of Chemistry/Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of New Energy Chemistry Nanchang University Nanchang 330031 China
Heeger Beijing Research and Development Center School of Chemistry Beihang University Beijing 100191 China

Abstract

Semitransparent organic solar cells (STOSCs) are ideal candidates for building‐integrated photovoltaics. Power conversion efficiency (PCE) is one of the most important parameters of STOSCs, which is typically limited by the intrinsic narrow absorption of thin active layer. Ternary structure is demonstrated as an efficient approach to broaden the light absorption and manipulate the morphology, thus leading to improved PCEs by introducing a third component into the binary system. However, STOSCs based on ternary systems are rarely studied. In this contribution, semitransparent ternary solar cells are fabricated using a wide‐bandgap ( E _g = 2.10 eV) polymer donor, PBT1‐S, as the third component. It is found that the addition of a small amount of PBT1‐S to PTB7‐Th:PC ₇₁ BM blend has a negligible influence on its average visible transmittance (AVT) and color perception. A PCE of 9.2% is achieved for the champion ternary device with 20% AVT, which is one of the highest values for STOSCs. The results indicate that ternary structure is a promising approach for the fabrication of high‐performance STOSCs.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1438078

Journal Information:: Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials Journal Issue: 49 Vol. 28; ISSN 1616-301X

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Germany

Language:: English

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