光栅结构减反膜在钙钛矿太阳能电池上的应用

钙钛矿太阳能电池作为新型的光伏器件目前获得了广泛的关注,其光电转换效率不断提高.钙钛矿电池的光电转换性能除了和钙钛矿薄膜的光电性能有密切关系之外,还受到器件的结构、界面、光学设计等方面的影响.研究了钙钛矿电池的表面光学特性,在电池表面引入一层减反薄膜,从而降低光线在表面的反射损失,以期提高电池的转换效率.通过研究薄膜微...     

新技术使太阳能电池转换效率增一倍

日本京都大学的一个研究团队在英国《自然一光子学》网络版上发表文章说,他们研制了一种特殊的滤膜,能使太阳能电池的光电转换效率相对于“普及”水平提高一倍以上。     

微纳光栅结构增强聚合物太阳能电池光吸收的研究

基于共轭聚合物给体材料P3HT和富勒烯衍生物受体材料PCBM共混的体异质结结构的聚合物太阳能电池,因其空穴载流子迁移率低而限制了P3HT:PCBM功能层厚度,从而影响了器件对入射光的吸收.在聚合物功能层表面引入微纳光栅结构可以使器件内电场重新分布并改善器件的光吸收.本文基于时域有限差分方法仿真得到了光栅周期为1μm,占空比为0.5以及入射波长分别为500和700 nm时二维器件内光电场分布;并基于严格耦合波分析方法计算得到了不同光栅深度和光栅占空比的器件光吸收.理论分析表明:插入微纳光栅结构后,由于光栅衍射增强作用使器件内出现了光聚焦现象;当占空比为0.5时,光栅深度为10 nm的器件在入射波长为512 nm时,器件光学吸收增加了4.2%.基于聚二甲基硅氧烷的微压印技术,制备了微纳光栅结构聚合物太阳能,器件结构为ITO/PEDOT:PSS光栅层/P3HT:PCBM/LiF/Al.该器件与平板器件的性能对比实验证实,通过在PEDOT:PSS上引入微纳光栅结构,器件能量转化效率增加了31%.     

纳米银增强聚合物太阳能电池光吸收的研究

基于共轭聚合物给体材料P3HT和富勒烯衍生物受体材料PCBM共混的体异质结结构 的聚合物太阳能电池因其空穴载流子迁移率低而限制了P3HT:PCBM功能层厚度, 从而影响了器件对入射光的吸收. 在聚合物功能层内引入金属纳米颗粒可以利用金属表面等离子体效应增强器件内电场并改善器件的光吸收. 本文基于时域有限差分法(finite difference time domain, FDTD)方法模拟得到了聚合物功能层内包含了直径为50 nm纳米银球并且球间距为50 nm的聚合物太阳能 电池器件在波长分别为400 nm和500 nm照射时的二维光电场分布以及入射角分别为15°, 45°, 60°时包覆纳米银聚合物功能层横截面内的光电场强度分布; 计算得到了银纳米颗粒尺寸分别为10 nm, 20 nm和50 nm时以及分布在空穴传输层PEDOT:PSS的纳米银器件的光吸收; 并计算了斜入射时包覆纳米银的聚合物功能层光吸收. 理论分析表明: 聚合物功能层加入纳米银球后, 因为纳米银球的表面等离子体效应使入射光在功能层内散射增强而使器件内的光电场重新分布; 直径较大的纳米银颗粒能产生大角度的光散射, 更有利于聚合物功能层对光的吸收. 这里, 基于有机银盐还原法制备了纳米银颗粒并制备了银等离子体增强的聚合物太阳能电池, 其结构为: glass/ITO (～100 nm)/PEDOT:PSS (40 nm)/P3HT:PCBM (～100 nm)(nano-Ag)/LiF (1 nm)/Al (120 nm). 该器件与平板器件的性能对比实验证实: 通过在聚合物功能层内上引入纳米银颗粒可以有 效增加器件光吸收并改善器件电学性能, 器件外量子效率在520 nm处最大增加了17.9%. 关键词： 纳米银 表面等离子体共振 时域有限差分 聚合物太阳能电池     

有机无机杂化固态太阳能电池的研究进展

近年来, 由于钙钛矿材料优良的光学吸收和电荷传导特性, 有机无机杂化固态太阳能电池取得了突破性的进展. 自2009年首次报道了光电转换效率为3.8%的钙钛矿太阳能电池以来, 该类电池的效率不断突破. 基于介孔薄膜的电池已取得了超过16.7%的认证光电转换效率, 基于平板异质结结构电池光电转换效率达到19.3%, 已接近传统硅基太阳能电池的光电转换效率. 本文将介绍有机无机杂化钙钛矿作为光电材料的光学物理结构特性, 以及在固态太阳能电池中的应用. 基于固态钙钛矿太阳能电池结构上的差异, 分别介绍其在多孔结构、平板异质结结构、柔性结构以及无空穴传导材料结构电池工作特性和各自优势, 以及影响电池特性的主要影响因素, 特别是钙钛矿成膜控制等. 并阐述对钙钛矿电池的理解和进一步提高固态钙钛矿电池光电转换效率需要关注的重点以及展望.     

二维复合光栅减反膜的制备及其在太阳能电池中的应用

提出了利用二维复合光栅减小晶硅太阳能电池界面反射进而提高其光电转换效率的方法.该复合光栅是使用柔性聚二甲基硅氧烷材料对一维光栅进行纵向表面处理形成褶皱制备而成.扫描电子显微镜像显示二维复合光栅由纳米褶皱纵向均匀有序地分布在一维光栅表面.理论与试验证明与一维光栅相比,这种特殊形貌的二维复合光栅具有更加优越的抗反射性能,可...     

石墨烯/硅肖特基太阳能电池的光电特性

以甲烷作为反应气体,利用化学气相沉积法在硅衬底表面上沉积石墨烯薄膜,制备了石墨烯/硅肖特基太阳能电池.利用原子力显微镜和拉曼光谱观察了石墨烯薄膜的表面形貌,并用紫外-可见光光谱仪和光-电流测试仪器研究了石墨烯样品和太阳电池的光电特性.实验结果表明:制备的石墨烯薄膜厚度为几个原子层,薄膜表面均匀,并具有良好的电学特性,石墨烯/硅太阳能电池的能量转换效率可达3.7%.     

GaAs纳米线阵列太阳能电池的设计与优化

为了得到纳米线阵列太阳能电池的最优转换效率,通过仿真计算对GaAs轴向pin结纳米线阵列进行了结构优化.首先利用三维有限时域差分法分析了GaAs纳米线阵列的光吸收特性,并对其直径、密度等结构参量进行优化,优化后的GaAs纳米线阵列的光吸收率可达87.4%.在此基础上,利用Sentaurus软件包中的电学仿真模块分析了电池的电学性能,并根据光生载流子在纳米线中的分布,对轴向pin结结构进行优化,最终优化过的太阳能电池功率转换效率可达到17.6%.分析结果表明,通过钝化处理以降低GaAs纳米线的表面复合速率,可显著提升电池的功率转换效率,而通过减小纳米线顶端高掺杂区域的体积,可减少载流子复合损耗,从而提高电池效率.该研究可为制作高性能的纳米线太阳能电池提供参考.     

减反膜对单晶硅太阳能电池性能的影响分析

在太阳能电池效率的评价中,电池材料、掺杂浓度、扩散长度等都是比较重要的参数,合理地改变相关参数可以优化太阳能电池的性能,提高电池效率。此外,在太阳能电池表面镀一层具有减反作用的光学薄膜（简称减反膜）也是提高电池效率的重要手段。以提高电池效率为目标,对单晶硅太阳能电池的掺杂浓度和扩散长度等微观参数进行计算优化,分析了掺杂浓度和扩散长度变化对电池效率的影响。并在此基础上分析了不同类型的减反膜对于电池效率的影响,给出了最佳减反膜材料及其膜系厚度,并且结合镀膜后电池量子效率的变化验证了其准确性。结果表明,在优化电池掺杂浓度和扩散长度的基础上,选择合适的减反膜,电池效率最高可达20.35%,相比于优化前提高了8.25%。     

稳定的转换效率：非晶硅太阳电池的新课题

从１９７６年开始，非晶硅太阳电池有了惊人飞速的发展。但是至今它的严重的光致衰退一直妨碍着它的实际应用．本文首先回顾了非晶硅太阳电池的发展历史，提出了妨碍非晶硅电池发展的关键问题──稳定效率问题，介绍了提高稳定效率的措施，同时介绍了ＣｕｌｎＳｅ＿２／ＣｄＳ太阳电池等新型电池．     

Nano Ag-enhanced photoelectric conversion efficiency in all-inorganic,hole-transporting-layer-free CsPbIBr2 perovskite solar cells

All-inorganic, hole-transporting-layer-free CsPbIBr₂ perovskite solar cells have great potential for development, but their device performance needs to be further improved. Recently, metal nanostructures have been successfully applied in the field of solar cells to improve their performance. Nano Ag-enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE) in one CsPbIBr₂ perovskite solar cell utilizing localized surface plasmons of Ag nanoparticles (NPs) on the surface has been researched experimentally and by simulation in this paper. The localized surface plasmon resonance of Ag NPs has a near-field enhancement effect, which is expected to improve the light absorption of CsPbIBr₂ perovskite photovoltaic devices. In addition, Ag NPs have a forward-scattering effect on the incident light, which can also improve the performance of CsPbIBr₂-based perovskite photovoltaic devices. By directly assembling Ag NPs (with a size of about 150 nm) on the surface of fluorine-doped tin oxide it is found when the particle surface coverage is 10%, the CsPbIBr₂ perovskite photovoltaic device achieves a best PCE of 2.7%, which is 9.76% higher than that of the control group. Without changing any existing structure in the ready-made solar cell, this facile and efficient method has huge applications. To the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first report on nano Ag-enhanced photoelectric conversion efficiency in this kind of CsPbIBr₂ perovskite solar cell.     

有机太阳能电池能量转化效率的提高思路

能源问题是目前最为关注的焦点之一,随着社会的进步和工业的发展,地球上已探明可使用的化学燃料能源,包括石油、天然气和煤等,日趋枯竭.太阳能的利用已引起各国的重视.光伏器件是太阳能利用的最为重要的手段之一,有机太阳电池在此类器件中将承担极其重要的角色.但低的光电转换效率是阻碍其产业化的瓶颈.为此简要综述了提高有机太阳能电池...     

CuGaSe2 solar cells with 9.7% power conversion efficiency

Heterojunctions, such as ZnO/CdS/CuGaSe₂, were fabricated for photovoltaic applications. Optimization of device structures based on monocrystalline CuGaSe₂ led to the highest-to-date power conversion efficiencies for CuGaSe₂ solar cells. At room temperature under 100 mW/cm² AM1.5 illumination a maximum cell efficiency of 9.7% was achieved, given by an open-circuit voltage of 946 mV, a short circuit current density of 15.5 mA/cm², and a fill factor of 66.5%. Preparation and performance of the optimum device are described. Current voltage characteristics dependent on illumination intensity and temperature, spectral response and electron-beam-induced current measurements were performed to determine the device parameters as well as to analyse the current transport and loss mechanisms. Tunneling, assisted by defect levels in the CdS layer, seems to play a major role. High injection effects are observed at forward bias ofV > 0.5 V or an illumination level ofP > 10 mW/cm². Under such conditions, as well as at low temperatures, the non-zero series resistance comes into play. Effects of the shunt resistance, however, are negligible in all cases.     

Effect of diamine treatment on the conversion efficiency of PbSe colloidal quantum dot solar cells

Polymer-free photovoltaic devices were fabricated via a solution process using PbSe colloidal quantum dots (QDs) and an organic semiconductor (tetrabenzoporphyrin, BP) that can be prepared in situ from a soluble precursor. The device structure was ITO/PEDOT/BP:QD/QD/Al, where the BP:QD and QD layers correspond to a bulk heterojunction and a buffer layer, respectively. The buffer layer was treated with ethylenediamine (EDA) to crosslink the QDs. As a result, the energy conversion efficiency of the EDA-treated device was superior to that of an untreated device, mainly due to an increase in the short-circuit current density.     

The effect of various solvent additives on the power conversion efficiency of polymer-polymer solar cells

We investigated the effect of three different additives (1-chloronaphthalene, 1,8-diiodooctane, diphenylether) on the performance of polymer-polymer solar cells based on a BHJ blend consisting of poly[4,8-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-2-yl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-alt-3-fluorothieno[3,4-b]thiophene-2-carboxylate] (PTB7-Th) as a donor and poly[[N,N′-bis(2-octyldodecyl)-naphthalene-1,4,5,8-bis(dicarboximide)-2,6-diyl]-alt-5,5′-(2,2′-bithiophene)] (P(NDI2OD-T2)) as an acceptor. A direct comparison of the efficiency of the solar cells with and without additive indicated that the device using the additive exhibited slightly improved performance. However, the efficiency enhancement was not significant. The optimal ratio of additive differed depending on the properties of the additive. In addition, the performances of polymer-polymer solar cells were not significantly dependent on the type of additive. Identifying the optimal fabrication condition was critical for achieving the highest performance. It is known that the general role of an additive in polymer solar cells based on a BHJ active layer was to induce good phase separation between the donor and acceptor by morphology modification. However, grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering results showed that no significant morphology change in polymer-polymer active layer was caused by the additive. Rather, our modulated impedance spectroscopy study showed that the performance enhancement in polymer-polymer solar cells with additive was because of improved recombination properties rather than improvements in crystalline morphology.     

梯度掺杂体异质结对有机太阳能电池光电转换效率的影响

基于传统的体异质结有机太阳能电池结构, 对结构中的混合层改用梯度掺杂的方法, 在AM1.5, 100 mW/cm²光照下, 使得器件的短路电流由原来的7.72 mA/cm²提高到了9.18 mA/cm², 相应的光电转换效率提高了25%. 器件性能的提升归因于梯度掺杂体系的引入使得体异质结混合层中同一材料分子之间形成了较好的连续网络结构, 降低了器件的串联电阻, 提高了电极对载流子的收集效率, 从而提高了器件的光电转换效率. 关键词： 有机太阳能电池 体异质结 梯度掺杂     

提高微晶硅薄膜太阳电池效率的研究

采用甚高频等离子体增强化学气相沉积技术制备了系列微晶硅薄膜太阳电池，指出了气体总流量和背反射电极的类型对电池性能参数的影响.电池的I-V测试结果表明：随反应气体总流量的增加，对应电池的短路电流密度、开路电压和填充因子都有很大程度的提高，结果使得电池的光电转换效率得以提高.另外，ZnO/Ag/Al背反射电极能明显提高电池的短路电流密度，进而也提高了电池的光电转换效率.对气体总流量和背反射电极类型影响电池效率的原因进行了分析. 关键词： 微晶硅薄膜太阳电池 气体流量 ZnO/Ag/Al背反射电极     

Effect of an Al-doped ZnO electron transport layer on the efficiency of inverted bulk heterojunction solar cells

Doping is a widely-implemented strategy for enhancing the inherent electrical properties of metal oxide charge transport layers in photovoltaic devices because higher conductivity of electron transport layer (ETL) can increment the photocurrent by reducing the series resistance. To improve the conductivity of ETL, in this study we doped the ZnO layer with aluminum (Al), then investigated the influence of AZO on the performance of inverted bulk heterojunction (BHJ) polymer solar cells based on poly [[4,8-bis [(2-ethylhexyl)oxy]benzo [1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophene-2,6-diyl]-[3-fluoro-2[(2-ethylhexyl)-carbonyl]-thieno-[3,4-b]thiophenediyl ]] (PTB7):[6,6]-phenyl C71 butyric acid methyl ester (PC₇₁BM). The measured conductivity of AZO was ~10⁻³ S/cm, which was two orders of magnitude higher than that of intrinsic ZnO (~10⁻⁵ S/cm). By decreasing the series resistance (R_s) in a device with an AZO layer, the short circuit current (J_sc) increased significantly from 15.663 mA/cm² to 17.040 mA/cm². As a result, the device with AZO exhibited an enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 8.984%.     

High-resolution mapping of the energy conversion efficiency of solar cells and silicon photodiodes in photovoltaic mode

We demonstrate an optical technique to derive the two-dimensional energy conversion efficiency (η_CE), fill factor (FF) and external quantum efficiency (η_QE) distributions across the surface of photovoltaic devices. A compact, inexpensive optical-feedback laser diode microscope is constructed to acquire the confocal reflectance and efficiency maps enabling the observation of the local parametric behavior in silicon photodiodes in photovoltaic mode and single-junction solar cells. The η_CE and η_QE distributions are greatly influenced by local parasitic resistances that depend on laser irradiance. These parasitic resistances decrease the η_CE and η_QE values with distance from the contact electrode at high laser irradiance. The optical technique enables microscopic comparison of η_CE and η_QE within the pn-overlay region of the photodiode sample, revealing its optimization for photodetection rather than power generation. The technique also elucidates the decreasing local η_CE of the solar cell under intense irradiation.