Organic tandem solar cells with complementary absorbing layers and a high open-circuit voltage

D. Cheyns; B. P. Rand; P. Heremans

doi:10.1063/1.3464169

Organic tandem solar cells with complementary absorbing layers and a high open-circuit voltage

D. Cheyns, B. P. Rand, P. Heremans

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Tandem organic solar cells with peak conversion efficiencies (η) of 5.15% are demonstrated. This is achieved by stacking two different planar heterojunction devices, each with a high open-circuit voltage (Vo_c). The phthalocyanine based donor materials in the employed subcells possess complementary absorption, a quality of critical importance to optimize photocurrent in a series connected tandem cell. The tandem structure produces Vo_c values of nearly 2 V, while fill factor remains above 60%. The measured corresponds to a 40% increase compared to of the optimal single cells.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	033301
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	97
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3464169
State	Published - Jul 19 2010
Externally published	Yes

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