Hybrid Tandem Quantum Dot/Organic Solar Cells with Enhanced Photocurrent and Efficiency via Ink and Interlayer Engineering
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Kim, Taesoo
Firdaus, Yuliar

Kirmani, Ahmad R.

Liang, Ru-Ze

Hu, Hanlin

Liu, Mengxia
El Labban, Abdulrahman

Hoogland, Sjoerd
Beaujuge, Pierre

Sargent, Edward H.

Amassian, Aram

KAUST Department
KAUST Solar Center (KSC)Material Science and Engineering Program
Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics Group
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2018-05-03Online Publication Date
2018-05-03Print Publication Date
2018-06-08Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/627822
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Realization of colloidal quantum dot (CQD)/organic photovoltaic (OPV) tandem solar cells that integrate the strong infrared absorption of CQDs with large photovoltages of OPVs is an attractive option toward high-performing, low-cost thin film solar cells. To date, monolithic hybrid tandem integration of CQD/OPV solar cells has been restricted due to the CQD ink’s catastrophic damage to the organic subcell, thus forcing the low bandgap CQD to be used as front cell. This sub-optimal configuration limits the maximum achievable photocurrent in CQD/OPV hybrid tandem solar cells. In this work, we demonstrate hybrid tandem solar cells employing a low-bandgap CQD back cell on top of an organic front cell thanks to a modified CQD ink formulation and a robust interconnection layer (ICL) which together overcome the long-standing integration challenges for CQD and organic subcells. The resulting tandem architecture surpasses previously reported current densities by ~20-25% and yields a state-of-the-art power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 9.4%.Citation
Kim T, Firdaus Y, Kirmani AR, Liang R-Z, Hu H, et al. (2018) Hybrid Tandem Quantum Dot/Organic Solar Cells with Enhanced Photocurrent and Efficiency via Ink and Interlayer Engineering. ACS Energy Letters. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00460.Sponsors
This work was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), and the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence program. M.L. acknowledges support from the Hatch Research Scholarship. The authors thanks E. Palmiano for support in the synthesis of quantum dots.Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)Journal
ACS Energy LettersAdditional Links
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00460ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00460