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Efficiency and average visible light transmittance improved simultaneously of the semitransparent organic solar cells

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Efficient ternary organic solar cells were achieved by utilizing an ultra-narrow bandgap material, IEICO-4 F, mixed with the fullerene material PC71BM as the acceptor and PTB7-Th polymer as the donor. The different weights of IEICO-4 F were dropped into the active layer to adjust the ratio of acceptor and donor, optimizing the performance of the cells. The results showed the ternary organic solar cells with 10wt% IEICO-4 F could obtain a higher short-circuit current density resulting in the power conversion efficiency (PCE) up to 9.56%. MoO3/Ag/MoO3 as the transparent electrodes of the semitransparent organic solar cell (ST-OSCs) were prepared. The different thicknesses of Ag impacts on the performance of the ST-OSCs were investigated. The PCE of the ternary ST-OSCs was increased to 7.34% and the average visible light transmittance (AVT) was increased to 28.74% when Ag was 10 nm thickness. The ternary ST-OSCs presented both a good light transmittance and a high PCE. In addition, the light utilization efficiency of the ST-OSCs was increased to 2.1%, and the color reproduction index was improved too. The PCE and AVT of the ST-OSCs could improve simultaneously due to the appropriate ratio of the acceptor and donor as well as the optimized transparent electrodes.

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This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61704028, No. 52372183), and the young and middle-aged teacher education research project of Fujian Provincial Department of Education (JAT220011).

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  1. College of Physics and Information Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, Fujian, People’s Republic of China

    Qiao Zheng, Hui Zhou, Shunli Du, Pengsen Chen, Jingang Huang, Hui Deng, Jionghua Wu, Caixia Zhang, Weihuang Wang & Shuying Cheng

  2. Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, Changzhou, 213164, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

    Qiao Zheng, Hui Zhou, Shunli Du, Pengsen Chen, Jingang Huang & Shuying Cheng

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Zheng, Q., Zhou, H., Du, S. et al. Efficiency and average visible light transmittance improved simultaneously of the semitransparent organic solar cells. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 384 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-12167-6

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