• 文献标题:   Investigation into the optical characteristics of the top-illuminated organic solar cells with graphene electrode
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LONG YB, LI BW, LI YX, ZHENG WH, WANG QW, SU RM
  • 作者关键词:   organic solar cell, graphene transparent electrode, topilluminated, weak microcavity, absorption improvement
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS
  • ISSN:   0950-0340 EI 1362-3044
  • 通讯作者地址:   Wuyi Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1080/09500340.2014.911379
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Optical modeling based on transfer matrix method is employed to investigate optical performance of the top-illuminated organic solar cells (OSCs) with graphene electrode. For the graphene-based OSCs with thin active layer, the upper limit to short-circuit current density (J(sc)(max)) is improved when compared with that of the indium tin oxide-based devices. This is attributed to the zero-order optical resonance of the weak microcavity (WMC) constructed within the devices. But for the devices with relatively thicker active layer, J(sc)(max) is reduced by the off-resonance suppression of the WMC structure. By capping a WO3 layer on the graphene electrode to tune the WMC structure, the off-resonance suppression can be eliminated and J(sc)(max) for the graphene-based OSCs is significantly raised due to the combined effects of the first-order and other higher order optical resonance of the WMC. In addition, the capping layer can be used to improve J(sc)(max) for the top-illuminated OSCs with various organic materials as the active layer. Finally, it is demonstrated that J(sc)(max) for the graphene-based OSCs with a WMC structure decreases according to Lambert's cosine law when the incident angle increases.