Design and fabrication of a semi-transparent solar cell considering the effect of the layer thickness of MoO3/Ag/MoO3 transparent top contact on optical and electrical properties

Çetinkaya, Çağlar; Çokduygulular, Erman; Kınacı, Barış; Güzelçimen, Feyza; Özen, Yunus; Efkere, Halil; Candan, İDRİS; Emik, Serkan; Özçelik, Süleyman

doi:10.1038/s41598-021-92539-8

Design and fabrication of a semi-transparent solar cell considering the effect of the layer thickness of MoO3/Ag/MoO3 transparent top contact on optical and electrical properties

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Çetinkaya Ç., Çokduygulular E., Kınacı B., Güzelçimen F., Özen Y., Efkere H. İ., ...Daha Fazla

Scientific Reports, cilt.11, ss.1-17, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 11
Basım Tarihi: 2021
Doi Numarası: 10.1038/s41598-021-92539-8
Dergi Adı: Scientific Reports
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-17
Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We conducted the present study to design and manufacture a semi-transparent organic solar cell (ST-OSC). First, we formed a transparent top contact as MoO3/Ag/MoO3 in a dielectric/metal/dielectric (DMD) structure. We performed the production of an FTO/ZnO/P3HT:PCBM/MoO3/Ag/MoO3 ST-OSC by integrating MoO3/Ag/MoO3 (10/dm" role="presentation" > $d_{m}$ /dod" role="presentation" > $d_{o d}$ nm) instead of an Ag electrode in an opaque FTO/ZnO/P3HT:PCBM/MoO3/Ag (–/40/130/10/100 nm) OSC, after theoretically achieving optimal values of optical and electrical parameters depending on Ag layer thickness. The transparency decreased with the increase of dm" role="presentation" > $d_{m}$ values for current DMD. Meanwhile, maximum transmittance and average visible transmittance (AVT) indicated the maximum values of over 92% for dm " role="presentation" > $d_{m}$ = 4 and 8 nm, respectively. For ST-OSCs, the absorption and reflectance increased in the visible region by a wavelength of longer than 560 nm and in the whole near-infrared region by increasing dm" role="presentation" > $d_{m}$ up to 16 nm. Moreover, in the CIE chromaticity diagram, we reported a shift towards the D65 Planckian locus for colour coordinates of current ST-OSCs. Electrical analysis indicated the photogenerated current density and AVT values for dm=6" role="presentation" > $d_{m} = 6$ nm as 63.30 mA/cm2 and 38.52%, respectively. Thus, the theoretical and experimental comparison of optical and electrical characteristics confirmed that the manufactured structure is potentially conducive for a high-performance ST-OSC.