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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Renewable Energy
  • Organic Electronics

Background:

  • Polymer tandem solar cells offer a promising route to higher power conversion efficiencies.
  • Solution-processed devices are desirable for low-cost manufacturing.
  • Developing efficient and stable interconnecting layers is crucial for tandem device performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a fully solution-processed polymer tandem solar cell with high power conversion efficiency.
  • To investigate the role of a novel interconnecting layer in device performance.
  • To explore interface engineering strategies for polymer solar cells.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a polymer tandem solar cell utilizing a diketopyrrolopyrrole unit polymer as the low bandgap photoactive material in the rear subcell.
  • Integration of a new robust, optically transparent, and electrically conductive interconnecting layer.
  • Characterization of the solar cell's power conversion efficiency and performance under illumination and dark conditions.

Main Results:

  • Achieved a power conversion efficiency of 9.02% for the fully solution-processed polymer tandem solar cell.
  • The novel interconnecting layer demonstrated optical transparency, electrical conductivity, and physical strength.
  • The interconnecting layer facilitated efficient charge collection and recombination under illumination and charge generation/extraction under dark conditions.

Conclusions:

  • Interface engineering of the charge-carrier transport layer is a viable strategy for enhancing polymer tandem solar cell performance.
  • The developed interconnecting layer is effective in improving the efficiency of solution-processed polymer tandem solar cells.
  • This work contributes to the advancement of efficient and cost-effective organic photovoltaic technologies.