Microcavity‐Enhanced Light‐Trapping for Highly Efficient Organic Parallel Tandem Solar Cells

Lijian Zuo, Chu‐Chen Chueh, Yun‐Xiang Xu, Kung-Shih Chen, Yue Zang, Chang‐Zhi Li, Hongzheng Chen, Alex K.‐Y. Jen

Advanced Materials · 2014 · 100 citations · 44 references

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Abstract

A high-performance parallel tandem solar cell employing ultra-thin Ag as the intermediate anode is demonstrated, which comprises a semitransparent front sub-cell and a microcavity assisted back sub-cell. In addition to the extended optical field as a result of the tandem architecture, the prominent microcavity resonance formed in the back sub-cell enables such a parallel tandem configuration to possess high light utilization efficiency (the peak EQE value is over 80%) and a high photovoltaic performance of 9.2%. This study establishes an effective architecture that can be generally applicable to all organic materials for improving their performance. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.

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