Effective absorption enhancement in small molecule organic solar cells using trapezoid gratings

We demonstrate that the optical absorption is enhanced in small molecule organic solar cells by using a trapezoid grating structure. The enhanced absorption is mainly attributed to both waveguide modes and surface plasmon modes, which is simulated by using finite-difference time-domain method. The simulated results show that the surface plasmon along the semitransparent metallic Ag anode is excited by introducing the periodical trapezoid gratings, which induce the increase of high intensity field in the donor layer. Meanwhile, the waveguide modes result in a high intensity field in acceptor layer. The increase of field improves the absorption of organic solar cells significantly, which is demonstrated by simulating the electrical properties. The simulated results also show that the short-circuit current is increased by 31% in an optimized device, which is supported by the experimental measurement. Experimental result shows that the power conversion efficiency of the grating sample is increased by 7.7%.     

表面等离子激元与F-P共振耦合平衡钙钛矿太阳能电池有源层内载流子产生速率

为提高有机-无机杂化钙钛矿太阳能电池（PSCs）光吸收效率、平衡有源层中载流子产生速率,将周期性纳米光栅结构引入到PSCs器件结构中。分析了光栅周期、光栅高度和有源层厚度对表面等离子激元（SPPs）与法布里-珀罗（F-P）共振耦合模式的影响。通过改变光栅周期,实现了SPPs与F-P共振耦合波长范围与钙钛矿材料的弱吸收光谱区域相重合,同时光栅高度的增加可以增大耦合模式的光谱宽度。SPPs与F-P共振耦合模式实现了金属电极与电子传输层（ETL）界面处的局域电场增强。结果表明:场增强效应扩展到有源区,有效提高了PSCs有源层远入射光侧在570~800 nm波长范围内的光吸收,进而提高了有源层远入射光区域的载流子产生速率。当光栅周期为250 nm、光栅高度为50 nm、源层厚度为300 nm时,PSCs在太阳光弱吸收光谱区域内的本征吸收提高了~12%,有源层远入射光侧载流子产生速率提高了~41%。     

表面等离子体-微腔激元对顶入射有机薄膜太阳能电池光吸收效率的增强

为了提高顶入射有机薄膜太阳能电池(TOSCs)的光吸收效率,我们将周期性矩形光栅结构引入到TOSCs中,分析了具有光栅结构的空气/Ag_1/有源层/Ag_2/空气(IMIMI)结构理想模型中复合表面等离子激元(SPPs)与微腔模式的耦合机制。通过调节光栅周期和有源层厚度,实现了复合SPPs、微腔模式以及有机材料本征吸收3个区域的重合。由于复合SPPs与微腔模式的反交叉耦合作用形成了表面等离子体-微腔激元,其局域场增强作用有效地提高了有源层的光吸收效率,提高了近19%。