Single-Junction Polymer Solar Cells Exceeding 10% Power Conversion Efficiency

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 1035 - 1041
• Main Authors: Chen, Jing-De, Cui, Chaohua, Li, Yan-Qing, Zhou, Lei, Ou, Qing-Dong, Li, Chi, Li, Yongfang, Tang, Jian-Xin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2015
• Subjects: Broadband; Charge; deterministic aperiodic nanostructures; Energy conversion efficiency; light scattering; light trapping; Nanostructure; Optimization; Photovoltaic cells; Plasmonics; polymer solar cell; Solar cells; Surface chemistry; surface plasmonic resonance; light trapping; polymer solar cell; light scattering; surface plasmonic resonance; deterministic aperiodic nanostructures

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...