Low-cost light manipulation coatings for polymer solar cell photocurrent increase under various incident angles
We fabricate self-assembled templates to produce textured polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with quasi-random dimension distributions which are employed as light manipulation coatings in polymer solar cells (PSCs). When deposited at the PSC glass/air interface, PDMS films with microdome-like structures en...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2019-02-01
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| Series: | Materials Research Letters |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2018.1556183 |
| Summary: | We fabricate self-assembled templates to produce textured polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with quasi-random dimension distributions which are employed as light manipulation coatings in polymer solar cells (PSCs). When deposited at the PSC glass/air interface, PDMS films with microdome-like structures enhance the short-circuit current density (Jsc) by 7.9% through combined anti-reflective and scattering effects. The PSC power conversion efficiency can thus be improved from 6.75% to 7.28% and a maximum Jsc increase of 21% is observed for incident light tilted by 30 degrees. We compare structures with different diameter dispersities and confirm that quasi-randomness in textured coatings can increase their light scattering ability. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-3831 |