Abstract
We demonstrate that one-dimensional photonic crystals as distributed Bragg reflectors can effectively improve the performance of semitransparent polymer solar cells (PSCs) based on the blend of P3HT:ICBA. The one dimensional distributed Bragg reflectors (1D DBRs) are composed of N pairs of WO3/LiF which are thermally evaporated on Ag anode. Due to its photonic bandgap, 1D DBRs can reflect the light totally back into the PSCs when the high reflectance range of 1D DBRs is well matched with absorption spectrum of the active layer. A maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 4.12%, a highest transmittance of 80.4% at 660nm and an average transmittance of 55.6% in the wavelength range of 600–800nm are obtained in the case of N=8, corresponding enhancement of 24.1% in PCE when compared with the device without the 1D DBRs.
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