Decoupling optical and electronic optimization of organic solar cells using high-performance temperature-stable TiO2/Ag/TiO2 electrodes
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Abstract
An electrode structured with a TiO2/Ag/TiO2 (TAT) multilayer as indium tin oxide (ITO) replacement with a superior thermal stability has been successfully fabricated. This electrode allows to directly tune the optical cavity mode towards maximized photocurrent generation by varying the thickness of the layers in the sandwich structure. This enables tailored optimization of the transparent electrode for different organic thin film photovoltaics without alteration of their electro-optical properties. Organic photovoltaic featuring our TAT multilayer shows an improvement of ∼12% over the ITO reference and allows power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) up to 8.7% in PTB7:PC71BM devices.
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OpenAlex topics: Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics · Perovskite Materials and Applications · Conducting polymers and applications
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Affiliations
University of Konstanz 1 Department of Physics, , P.O. Box 680, 78467 Constance, Germany
Louisiana State University 2 , Chemical Engineering Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
Funding
National Research Foundation of Korea · Baden-Württemberg Stiftung · Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung · Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
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