Recent development of the inverted configuration organic solar cells

Recent years, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of normal configuration organic solar cells (OSCs) has obtained rapid progress to reach more than 6% under standard illumination, which is reasonable value for the commercial criterion. More and more research attention has been paid on the stabilit...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Solar energy materials and solar cells 2011-07, Vol.95 (7), p.1785-1799
Main Authors: Zhang, Fujun, Xu, Xiaowei, Tang, Weihua, Zhang, Jian, Zhuo, Zuliang, Wang, Jian, Wang, Jin, Xu, Zheng, Wang, Yongsheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Degrade mechanism
Devices
Electrodes
Energy
Exact sciences and technology
Illumination
Inverted configuration
Natural energy
Organic solar cells
Phase separation
Photovoltaic cells
Photovoltaic conversion
Power conversion efficiency
Solar cells
Solar cells. Photoelectrochemical cells
Solar energy
Stability
Work functions
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Recent years, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of normal configuration organic solar cells (OSCs) has obtained rapid progress to reach more than 6% under standard illumination, which is reasonable value for the commercial criterion. More and more research attention has been paid on the stability and lifetime of OSCs. A novel structural OSCs with high work function metal or metal oxide as the top electrode and low work function metal as the bottom anode is proposed and named as inverted configuration OSCs. The inverted configuration OSCs with high work function metal as top cathode could improve OSCs's lifetime, i.e., protecting cells from the damage by oxygen and moisture in air. Furthermore, the inverted configuration OSCs is the appealing alternative to the conventional regular structure due to the inherent vertical phase separation in the polymer active layers and high stability or long device lifetime. The inverted configuration OSCs have not only achieved an impressive PCE of 4.4%, but also exhibited an exceptional device lifetime without encapsulation. In this review article, the recent developments and vital researches on the inverted configuration OSCs are summarized. A novel structural organic solar cells (OSCs) with high work function metal as the top electrode and low work function metal or metal oxide as the bottom anode was proposed and named as inverted configuration OSCs. In this review article, the recent developments and vital researches on the inverted configuration OSCs are summarized. [Display omitted]
ISSN:0927-0248
1879-3398
DOI:10.1016/j.solmat.2011.02.002