Pixelated speckle image holography carrier fringes for efficient superimposed light harvesting in organic solar cells

Lei Zhou, Yan-Qing Li, Jing-De Chen, Qing-Dong Ou, Jian-Xin Tang, Yun Zhou, Yi Lin, Huai-Xin Wei

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Abstract

An inverted organic solar cell (OSC) device structure by incorporating pixelated speckle image holography carrier fringes (SIHFs) for efficient superimposed light harvesting is demonstrated. The proposed SIHF based OSCs yield an 18.2% increase in power conversion efficiency (PCE) compared to that of the flat control devices. Moreover, compared to the common two-dimensional (2D) periodic grating patterned OSCs, SIHF based devices achieve 7.8% higher short-circuit current (JSC) and 10.0% higher PCE. This observable improvement in PCE of SIHF based OSCs is mainly ascribed to the geometric effect due to the unique chaotic carrier fringes of SIHFs.

Original languageEnglish
Article number253301
Number of pages5
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume110
Issue number25
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Jun 2017
Externally publishedYes

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