Recent progress of light manipulation strategies in organic and perovskite solar cells

Organic and perovskite solar cells are suffering from the insufficient utilization of incident light and thus low light harvesting efficiency despite their rapid progress in the past decade. In this regard, light manipulation strategies have attracted numerous attention to solve this inherent limit....

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Published in:Nanoscale 2019-10, Vol.11 (4), p.18517-18536
Main Authors: Chen, Jing-De, Jin, Teng-Yu, Li, Yan-Qing, Tang, Jian-Xin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Broadband
Incident light
Light
Light reflection
Light scattering
Nanoparticles
Perovskites
Photovoltaic cells
Solar cells
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Summary:Organic and perovskite solar cells are suffering from the insufficient utilization of incident light and thus low light harvesting efficiency despite their rapid progress in the past decade. In this regard, light manipulation strategies have attracted numerous attention to solve this inherent limit. Herein, the recent advances in light manipulation techniques in this area are overviewed. The light manipulation mechanisms are illustrated to classify the structures. Various light manipulation structures, fabrication techniques, and corresponding results are given and discussed, addressing the suppression of surface reflection, nano/micro-structure-induced light scattering, and the plasmonic effects with periodic metallic patterns and metallic nanoparticles. A brief perspective on future research is also proposed for pursuing broadband light harvesting. This review focuses on the application of micro/nano-structures in light harvesting of organic and perovskite solar cells.
ISSN:2040-3364
2040-3372
DOI:10.1039/c9nr05663g