Multilevel peel-off patterning of a prototype semitransparent organic photovoltaic module
Abstract
Semitransparent organic photovoltaics (ST-OPVs) with applications to power generating windows have shown substantial increases in power conversion efficiency (PCE) and average photopic transmission (APT) at the laboratory scale. Here, the demonstration of similarly efficient, large-scale ST-OPV modules with geometric fill factors (GFF) approaching 100%, however, remains a challenge. Here, we employ a multilevel peel-off patterning method that can achieve micron-scale resolution without exposing chemically sensitive organic materials to solvents. Eight, 4 cm × 0.4 cm cells are connected in series to realize a prototype ST-OPV module with GFF = 95.8%, with PCE = 7.3 ± 0.2% under simulated AM 1.5G illumination at 1 sun intensity, APT = 41.8 ± 1.4%, and a light utilization efficiency of LUE = 3.1 ± 0.1%. A neutral color STOPV module is also demonstrated with 1.7 ± 0.1% and International Commission on Illumination (CIE) LAB coordinates of (L*, a*, b*) = (53.7, -1.9, -3.9).
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1878096
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0008561
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Joule
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2542-4351
- Publisher:
- Elsevier - Cell Press
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; module; semitransparent; organic photovoltaic; neutral color; photolithography; patterning
Citation Formats
Huang, Xinjing, Fan, Dejiu, Li, Yongxi, and Forrest, Stephen R. Multilevel peel-off patterning of a prototype semitransparent organic photovoltaic module. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.joule.2022.06.015.
Huang, Xinjing, Fan, Dejiu, Li, Yongxi, & Forrest, Stephen R. Multilevel peel-off patterning of a prototype semitransparent organic photovoltaic module. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2022.06.015
Huang, Xinjing, Fan, Dejiu, Li, Yongxi, and Forrest, Stephen R. Wed .
"Multilevel peel-off patterning of a prototype semitransparent organic photovoltaic module". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2022.06.015. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1878096.
@article{osti_1878096,
title = {Multilevel peel-off patterning of a prototype semitransparent organic photovoltaic module},
author = {Huang, Xinjing and Fan, Dejiu and Li, Yongxi and Forrest, Stephen R.},
abstractNote = {Semitransparent organic photovoltaics (ST-OPVs) with applications to power generating windows have shown substantial increases in power conversion efficiency (PCE) and average photopic transmission (APT) at the laboratory scale. Here, the demonstration of similarly efficient, large-scale ST-OPV modules with geometric fill factors (GFF) approaching 100%, however, remains a challenge. Here, we employ a multilevel peel-off patterning method that can achieve micron-scale resolution without exposing chemically sensitive organic materials to solvents. Eight, 4 cm × 0.4 cm cells are connected in series to realize a prototype ST-OPV module with GFF = 95.8%, with PCE = 7.3 ± 0.2% under simulated AM 1.5G illumination at 1 sun intensity, APT = 41.8 ± 1.4%, and a light utilization efficiency of LUE = 3.1 ± 0.1%. A neutral color STOPV module is also demonstrated with 1.7 ± 0.1% and International Commission on Illumination (CIE) LAB coordinates of (L*, a*, b*) = (53.7, -1.9, -3.9).},
doi = {10.1016/j.joule.2022.06.015},
journal = {Joule},
number = 7,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Wed Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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