Interface Engineering of High Efficiency Organic-Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2016 Jan 13;8(1):26-30. doi: 10.1021/acsami.5b10959. Epub 2015 Dec 28.

Abstract

Insufficient interface conformity is a challenge faced in hybrid organic-silicon heterojunction solar cells because of using conventional pyramid antireflection texturing provoking the porosity of interface. In this study, we tested alternative textures, in particular rounded pyramids and inverted pyramids to compare the performance. It was remarkably improved delivering 7.61%, 8.91% and 10.04% efficiency employing conventional, rounded, and inverted pyramids, respectively. The result was interpreted in terms of gradually improving conformity of the Ag/organic/silicon interface, together with the gradually decreasing serial resistance. Altogether, the present data may guide further efforts arising the interface engineering for mastering high efficient heterojunction solar cells.

Keywords: hybrid solar cells; interface conformity; interface engineering; inverted pyramids; light-trapping.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't