Thickness optimization of thin-film tandem organic solar cell

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Beitragende

  • Kamran Ali Bangash - , Sarhad University of Peshawar (Autor:in)
  • Syed Asfandyar Ali Kazmi - , Sarhad University of Peshawar (Autor:in)
  • Waqas Farooq - , Sarhad University of Peshawar (Autor:in)
  • Saba Ayub - , Universiti Teknologi Petronas (Autor:in)
  • Muhammad Ali Musarat - , Universiti Teknologi Petronas (Autor:in)
  • Wesam Salah Alaloul - , Universiti Teknologi Petronas (Autor:in)
  • Muhammad Faisal Javed - , COMSATS University Islamabad (Autor:in)
  • Amir Mosavi - , Technische Universität Dresden, János Selye University, Universität Siegen, Óbuda University (Autor:in)

Abstract

The polymer solar cells also known as organic solar cells (OSCs) have drawn attention due to their cynosure in industrial manufacturing because of their promising properties such as low weight, highly flexible, and low-cost production. However, low η restricts the utilization of OSCs for potential applications such as low-cost energy harvesting devices. In this paper, OSCs structure based on a triple-junction tandem scheme is reported with three different absorber materials to enhance the absorption of photons which in turn improves the η, as well as its correlating performance parameters. The investigated structure gives the higher value of η = 14.33% with Jsc = 16.87 (mA/m2), Voc = 1.0 (V), and FF = 84.97% by utilizing a stack of three different absorber layers with different band energies. The proposed structure was tested under 1.5 (AM) with 1 sun (W/m2). The impact of the top, middle, and bottom subcells’ thickness on η was analyzed with a terse to find the optimum thickness for three subcells to extract high η. The optimized structure was then tested with different electrode combinations, and the highest η was recorded with FTO/Ag. Moreover, the effect of upsurge temperature was also demonstrated on the investigated schematic, and it was observed that the upsurge temperature affects the photovoltaic (PV) parameters of the optimized cell and η decreases from 14.33% to 11.40% when the temperature of the device rises from 300 to 400 K.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer518
FachzeitschriftMicromachines
Jahrgang12
Ausgabenummer5
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 5 Mai 2021
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 34062988

Schlagworte

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

Schlagwörter

  • Energy harvesting, Micromachines, Organic solar cells, Photovoltaic, Renewable energy, Solar energy, Tandem, Temperature, Thin-film, Triple junction