Fully printed organic tandem solar cells using solution-processed silver nanowires and opaque silver as charge collecting electrodes

Guo F, Li N, Radmilovic VV, Radmilovic VR, Turbiez M, Spiecker E, Forberich K, Brabec C (2015)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2015

Journal

Energy and Environmental Science Royal Society of Chemistry

Book Volume: 8

Pages Range: 1690-1697

Journal Issue: 6

DOI: 10.1039/c5ee00184f

Abstract

We report in this work efficient, fully printed tandem organic solar cells (OSCs) using solution-processed silver as the reflective bottom electrode and silver nanowires as the transparent top electrode. Employing two different band-gap photoactive materials with complementary absorption, the tandem OSCs are fully printed under ambient conditions without the use of indium tin oxide and vacuum-based deposition. The fully printed tandem devices achieve power conversion efficiencies of 5.81% (on glass) and 4.85% (on flexible substrate) without open circuit voltage (Voc) losses. These results represent an important progress towards the realization of low-cost tandem OSCs by demonstrating the possibility of printing efficient organic tandem devices under ambient conditions onto production relevant carrier substrates.

Authors with CRIS profile

Fei Guo Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET) Ning Li Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET) Erdmann Spiecker Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Mikro- und Nanostrukturforschung) Karen Forberich Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET) Christoph Brabec Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET)

Additional Organisation(s)

Exzellenz-Cluster Engineering of Advanced Materials Interdisziplinäres Zentrum, Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM) Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Mikro- und Nanostrukturforschung)

Involved external institutions

BASF Schweiz AG CH Switzerland (CH)

How to cite

APA:

Guo, F., Li, N., Radmilovic, V.V., Radmilovic, V.R., Turbiez, M., Spiecker, E.,... Brabec, C. (2015). Fully printed organic tandem solar cells using solution-processed silver nanowires and opaque silver as charge collecting electrodes. Energy and Environmental Science, 8(6), 1690-1697. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ee00184f

MLA:

Guo, Fei, et al. "Fully printed organic tandem solar cells using solution-processed silver nanowires and opaque silver as charge collecting electrodes." Energy and Environmental Science 8.6 (2015): 1690-1697.

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