Near-Infrared Ternary Tandem Solar Cells

Li, Yongxi; Lin, Jiu-Dong; Liu, Xiao; Qu, Yue; Wu, Fu-Peng; Liu, Feng; Jiang, Zuo-Quan; Forrest, Stephen R.

doi:10.1002/adma.201804416

Title: Near-Infrared Ternary Tandem Solar Cells

Journal Article · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201804416· OSTI ID:1613365

Li, Yongxi ^[1]; Lin, Jiu-Dong ^[2]; Liu, Xiao ^[1]; Qu, Yue ^[1]; Wu, Fu-Peng ^[2]; Liu, Feng ^[3]; Jiang, Zuo-Quan ^[2]; Forrest, Stephen R. ^[1]

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Soochow Univ., Suzhou (China). Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China). Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA)

Abstract The paucity of near‐infrared (NIR) organic materials with high absorption at long wavelengths, combined with large diffusion lengths and charge mobilities, is an impediment to progress in achieving high‐efficiency organic tandem solar cells. Here a subcell is employed within a series tandem stack that comprises a solution‐processed ternary blend of two NIR‐absorbing nonfullerene acceptors and a polymer donor combined with a small‐molecular‐weight, short‐wavelength fullerene‐based subcell grown by vacuum thermal evaporation. The ternary cell achieves a power conversion efficiency of 12.6 ± 0.3% with a short‐circuit current of 25.5 ± 0.3 mA cm ⁻² , an open‐circuit voltage of 0.69 ± 0.01 V, and a fill factor of 0.71 ± 0.01 under 1 sun, AM 1.5G spectral illumination. The success of this device is a result of the nearly identical offset energies between the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (LUMOs) of the donors with the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of the acceptor, resulting in a high open‐circuit voltage. A tandem structure with an antireflection coating combining these subcells demonstrates a power conversion efficiency of 15.4 ± 0.3%.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); US Office of Naval Research (ONR); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0006708; N00014-17-1-2211; 51873139; DE‐EE0006708

OSTI ID:: 1613365

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1475217

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Vol. 30, Issue 45; ISSN 0935-9648

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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