Evaluation of ink-jet printed current collecting grids and busbars for ITO-free organic solar cells

被引:103
作者
Galagan, Yulia [1 ]
Coenen, Erica W. C. [2 ]
Sabik, Sami [1 ]
Gorter, Harrie H. [1 ]
Barink, Marco [2 ]
Veenstra, Sjoerd C. [3 ]
Kroon, Jan M. [3 ]
Andriessen, Ronn [1 ]
Blom, Paul W. M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Holst Ctr, NL-5605 KN Eindhoven, Netherlands
[2] TNO Tech Sci, NL-5600 HE Eindhoven, Netherlands
[3] Energy Res Ctr Netherlands ECN, NL-1755 ZG Petten, Netherlands
关键词
Current collecting grids; Ink-jet printing; ITO-free solar cells; Polymer solar cells; Modeling; Electrical potential; TO-ROLL FABRICATION; POLYMER; COST;
D O I
10.1016/j.solmat.2012.04.039
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
ITO-free organic solar cells with ink-jet printed current collecting grids and high conducting PEDOT:PSS as a composite anode are demonstrated. Inkjet printed current collecting grids with different cross-sectional areas have been investigated. The effect of the width and height of the grid lines and busbars has been measured and modeled by direct current (DC) simulations. The electrical potential in devices with different grid profiles have been calculated and reveal critical bottlenecks in the grid electrode geometry, as the ability of the busbar to collect all the current. Experimentally, the upper limit of the conductivity of the ink-jet printed current collecting grids is limited by the topology of the grids and shadow losses in the solar cells. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:32 / 38
页数:7
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