Efficiency of bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells

被引:862
作者
Scharber, M. C. [1 ]
Sariciftci, N. S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Johannes Kepler Univ Linz, Linz Inst Organ Solar Cells LIOS, A-4040 Linz, Austria
基金
奥地利科学基金会;
关键词
Organic solar cell; Bulk heterojunction solar cell; Power conversion efficiency; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON-TRANSFER; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; RATIONAL DESIGN; ENERGY; PERFORMANCE; MORPHOLOGY; CONVERSION; FULLERENES;
D O I
10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2013.05.001
中图分类号
O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
学科分类号
070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
摘要
During the last years the performance of bulk heterojunction solar cells has been improved significantly. For a large-scale application of this technology further improvements are required. This article reviews the basic working principles and the state of the art device design of bulk heterojunction solar cells. The importance of high power conversion efficiencies for the commercial exploitation is outlined and different efficiency models for bulk heterojunction solar cells are discussed. Assuming state of the art materials and device architectures several models predict power conversion efficiencies in the range of 10-15%. A more general approach assuming device operation close to the Shockley-Queisser-limit leads to even higher efficiencies. Bulk heterojunction devices exhibiting only radiative recombination of charge carriers could be as efficient as ideal inorganic photovoltaic devices. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1929 / 1940
页数:12
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