Polymer-Polymer Forster Resonance Energy Transfer Significantly Boosts the Power Conversion Efficiency of Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

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作者
Gupta, Vinay [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Bharti, Vishal [1 ,2 ,4 ]
Kumar, Mahesh [1 ,2 ,5 ]
Chand, Suresh [1 ,2 ]
Heeger, Alan J. [3 ]
机构
[1] CSIR Network Inst Solar Energy, Pilani, Rajasthan, India
[2] CSIR Natl Phys Lab, Phys Energy Harvesting Div, Organ & Hybrid Solar Cells, New Delhi 110012, India
[3] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Ctr Polymers & Organ Solids, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[4] CSIR Natl Phys Lab, Acad Sci & Innovat Res AcSIR, New Delhi 110060, India
[5] CSIR Natl Phys Lab, Phys Energy Harvesting Div, Ultrafast Optoelect & Terahertz Photon Lab, New Delhi 110012, India
关键词
bulk heterojunction solar cells; energy transfer; polymers; power conversion efficiency; transient spectroscopy; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; TANDEM POLYMER; PERFORMANCE; REGIOREGULARITY; ENHANCEMENT; COPOLYMERS; WIDE;
D O I
10.1002/adma.201501275
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Optically resonant donor polymers can exploit a wider range of the solar spectrum effectively without a complicated tandem design in an organic solar cell. Ultrafast Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET) in a polymer-polymer system that significantly improves the power conversion efficiency in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells from 6.8% to 8.9% is demonstrated, thus paving the way to achieving 15% efficient solar cells.
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页码:4398 / 4404
页数:7
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