Single-junction polymer solar cells exceeding 10% power conversion efficiency

Jing-De Chen; Chaohua Cui; Yan-Qing Li; Lei Zhou; Qing-Dong Ou; Chi Li; Yongfang Li; Jian-Xin Tang

doi:10.1002/adma.201404535

Single-junction polymer solar cells exceeding 10% power conversion efficiency

Adv Mater. 2015 Feb;27(6):1035-41. doi: 10.1002/adma.201404535. Epub 2014 Nov 18.

Authors

Jing-De Chen¹, Chaohua Cui, Yan-Qing Li, Lei Zhou, Qing-Dong Ou, Chi Li, Yongfang Li, Jian-Xin Tang

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.

PMID: 25408480
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201404535

Abstract

A single-junction polymer solar cell with an efficiency of 10.1% is demonstrated by using deterministic aperiodic nanostructures for broadband light harvesting with optimum charge extraction. The performance enhancement is ascribed to the self-enhanced absorption due to collective effects, including pattern-induced anti-reflection and light scattering, as well as surface plasmonic resonance, together with a minimized recombination probability.

Keywords: deterministic aperiodic nanostructures; light scattering; light trapping; polymer solar cell; surface plasmonic resonance.