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Influence of active layer thickness on the performance of organic photovoltaics with light trapping

To maximize the performance of a photovoltaic device, light trapping is necessary. In this paper, we theoretically investigate the effect of active layer thickness on the performance of organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells with ideal light trapping. Although actual light trapping schemes are not ideal,...

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Main Authors: Inche Ibrahim, Mohd Lukman, Hassan, Husna Amira
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Published: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2019
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QC Physics
TK2896 Production of electricity by direct energy conversion
TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices
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spelling my.iium.irep.727122019-11-24T16:19:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/72712/ Influence of active layer thickness on the performance of organic photovoltaics with light trapping Inche Ibrahim, Mohd Lukman Hassan, Husna Amira QC Physics TK2896 Production of electricity by direct energy conversion TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices To maximize the performance of a photovoltaic device, light trapping is necessary. In this paper, we theoretically investigate the effect of active layer thickness on the performance of organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells with ideal light trapping. Although actual light trapping schemes are not ideal, this paper can still be useful in guiding us in maximizing the performance of actual OPVs with light trapping. The effect of active layer thickness on the power conversion efficiency (PCE), short-circuit current, open-circuit voltage, and fill factor (FF) of OPVs with ideal light trapping is described in this paper. For a low-recombination-loss OPV with ideal light trapping, the active layer thickness weakly affects the PCE. For a high-recombination-loss OPV with ideal light trapping, the active layer thickness strongly affects the PCE and must be very thin (around 10 nm) in order to maximize the PCE. Therefore, this paper shows that it is important for OPVs to have a low recombination loss so that the active layer thickness does not become a hindrance or an additional factor in creating highly efficient light trapping schemes that can maximize the PCE. This paper also shows that it is equally (if not more) important to develop light trapping schemes that are highly efficient at very thin active layers (around 10 nm) so that the PCE of any OPVs can be more or less maximized, whether the OPVs have low or high recombination losses. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2019-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/72712/7/72712%20Influence%20of%20active%20layer%20thickness%20on%20the%20performance.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/72712/13/72712_Influence%20of%20Active%20Layer%20Thickness%20on%20the%20Performance%20of%20Organic%20Photovoltaics%20With%20Light%20Trapping_scopus.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/72712/14/72712_Influence%20of%20Active%20Layer%20Thickness%20on%20the%20Performance%20of%20Organic%20Photovoltaics%20With%20Light%20Trapping_WOS.pdf Inche Ibrahim, Mohd Lukman and Hassan, Husna Amira (2019) Influence of active layer thickness on the performance of organic photovoltaics with light trapping. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 66 (7). pp. 3124-3128. ISSN 0018-9383 E-ISSN 1557-9646 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8730485 10.1109/TED.2019.2917594
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topic QC Physics
TK2896 Production of electricity by direct energy conversion
TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices
spellingShingle QC Physics
TK2896 Production of electricity by direct energy conversion
TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices
Inche Ibrahim, Mohd Lukman
Hassan, Husna Amira
Influence of active layer thickness on the performance of organic photovoltaics with light trapping
description To maximize the performance of a photovoltaic device, light trapping is necessary. In this paper, we theoretically investigate the effect of active layer thickness on the performance of organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells with ideal light trapping. Although actual light trapping schemes are not ideal, this paper can still be useful in guiding us in maximizing the performance of actual OPVs with light trapping. The effect of active layer thickness on the power conversion efficiency (PCE), short-circuit current, open-circuit voltage, and fill factor (FF) of OPVs with ideal light trapping is described in this paper. For a low-recombination-loss OPV with ideal light trapping, the active layer thickness weakly affects the PCE. For a high-recombination-loss OPV with ideal light trapping, the active layer thickness strongly affects the PCE and must be very thin (around 10 nm) in order to maximize the PCE. Therefore, this paper shows that it is important for OPVs to have a low recombination loss so that the active layer thickness does not become a hindrance or an additional factor in creating highly efficient light trapping schemes that can maximize the PCE. This paper also shows that it is equally (if not more) important to develop light trapping schemes that are highly efficient at very thin active layers (around 10 nm) so that the PCE of any OPVs can be more or less maximized, whether the OPVs have low or high recombination losses.
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author Inche Ibrahim, Mohd Lukman
Hassan, Husna Amira
author_facet Inche Ibrahim, Mohd Lukman
Hassan, Husna Amira
author_sort Inche Ibrahim, Mohd Lukman
title Influence of active layer thickness on the performance of organic photovoltaics with light trapping
title_short Influence of active layer thickness on the performance of organic photovoltaics with light trapping
title_full Influence of active layer thickness on the performance of organic photovoltaics with light trapping
title_fullStr Influence of active layer thickness on the performance of organic photovoltaics with light trapping
title_full_unstemmed Influence of active layer thickness on the performance of organic photovoltaics with light trapping
title_sort influence of active layer thickness on the performance of organic photovoltaics with light trapping
publisher The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/72712/7/72712%20Influence%20of%20active%20layer%20thickness%20on%20the%20performance.pdf
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