journal article·2021-10

54 cm2 Large‐Area Flexible Organic Solar Modules with Efficiency Above 13%

Fei Qin, Lulu Sun, Hongting Chen, Yang Liu, Xin Lu, Wen Wang, Tiefeng Liu, Xinyun Dong, Pei Jiang, Youyu Jiang, Lei Wang, Yinhua Zhou

Advanced Materials· Volume 33· Issue 39
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Abstract

Abstract Development of large‐area flexible organic solar cells (OSCs) is highly desirable for their practical applications. However, the efficiency of the large‐area flexible OSCs severely lags behind small‐area devices. Here, efficient large‐area flexible single cells with power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 13.1% and 12.6% for areas of 6 and 10 cm2, and flexible modules with a PCE of 13.2% (54 cm2) based on poly(ethylene terephthalate)/Ag grid/silver nanowires (AgNWs):zinc‐chelated polyethylenimine (PEI‐Zn) composite electrodes are reported. The solution‐processed flexible transparent electrode of AgNWs:PEI‐Zn shows low surface roughness and good optoelectronic and mechanical properties. PEI‐Zn is conductive and optically transparent. It can adhere to and wrap the AgNWs under electrostatic interaction between the negatively charged surface (AgNWs) and positively charged protonated amine groups (in PEI‐Zn). It wraps the AgNWs networks and fills the void space to achieve a smooth surface. The flexible electrode is validated in both flexible OSCs and flexible quantum‐dots light‐emitting diodes (QLEDs). Small‐area flexible OSCs show a PCE of 16.1%, and flexible QLEDs show an external quantum efficiency of 13.3%. In the end, a flexible module is demonstrated to charge a mobile phone as a flexible power source (shown in Video , Supporting Information).
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OpenAlex topics: Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics · Conducting polymers and applications · Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

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Affiliations

Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

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