Tandem Solar Cells by RIR- MAPLE Adrienne D. Stiff-Roberts - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Tandem Solar Cells by RIR- MAPLE Adrienne D. Stiff-Roberts Associate Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Duke University Durham, NC 27708

2 Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells Organic solar cells (OSCs) are attractive due to structural flexibility, light weight, range of available materials/properties, inexpensive and sustainable raw materials.

3 Solar Cell Device Performance

4 Tandem Solar Cell Devices Resonant-infrared, matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (RIR-MAPLE) Ameri, Tayebeh, et al., Energy & Environmental Science 2.4 (2009): 347-363. Tandem Junction Layer Voc (V) Jsc (mA/cm2) FF Eff (%) Tandem TiOx only 0.62 3.60 0.348 0.77 Tandem PEDOT only 0.54 5.20 0.353 1.00 With both TiOx and PEDOT 1.21 4.22 0.338 1.73 No Intermediate layer 0.61 3.77 0.331 0.76

5 Silver Nanoparticle Deposition by RIR-MAPLE Duke Energy Initiative Seed Project with Maiken H. Mikkelsen