Transparent, near-infrared organic photovoltaic solar cells for window and energy-scavenging applications
We fabricate near-infrared absorbing organic photovoltaics that are highly transparent to visible light. By optimizing near-infrared optical-interference, we demonstrate power efficiencies of 1.3±0.1% with simultaneous average visible transmission of >65%. Subsequent incorporation of near-infrare...
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| author | Lunt, Richard R. Bulovic, Vladimir |
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| description | We fabricate near-infrared absorbing organic photovoltaics that are highly transparent to visible light. By optimizing near-infrared optical-interference, we demonstrate power efficiencies of 1.3±0.1% with simultaneous average visible transmission of >65%. Subsequent incorporation of near-infrared distributed-Bragg-reflector mirrors leads to an increase in the efficiency to 1.7±0.1%, approaching the 2.4±0.2% efficiency of the opaque cell, while maintaining high visible-transparency of >55%. Finally, we demonstrate that a series-integrated array of these transparent cells is capable of powering electronic devices under near-ambient lighting. This architecture suggests strategies for high-efficiency power-generating windows and highlights an application uniquely benefiting from excitonic electronics. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/719482022-09-29T17:09:28Z Transparent, near-infrared organic photovoltaic solar cells for window and energy-scavenging applications Lunt, Richard R. Bulovic, Vladimir Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Bulovic, Vladimir Lunt, Richard R. We fabricate near-infrared absorbing organic photovoltaics that are highly transparent to visible light. By optimizing near-infrared optical-interference, we demonstrate power efficiencies of 1.3±0.1% with simultaneous average visible transmission of >65%. Subsequent incorporation of near-infrared distributed-Bragg-reflector mirrors leads to an increase in the efficiency to 1.7±0.1%, approaching the 2.4±0.2% efficiency of the opaque cell, while maintaining high visible-transparency of >55%. Finally, we demonstrate that a series-integrated array of these transparent cells is capable of powering electronic devices under near-ambient lighting. This architecture suggests strategies for high-efficiency power-generating windows and highlights an application uniquely benefiting from excitonic electronics. United States. Dept. of Energy. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Energy Frontier Research Center for Excitonics)(Grant Number DE-SC0001088) 2012-08-01T19:50:37Z 2012-08-01T19:50:37Z 2011-03 2011-02 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0003-6951 1077-3118 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71948 Lunt, Richard R., and Vladimir Bulovic. “Transparent, Near-infrared Organic Photovoltaic Solar Cells for Window and Energy-scavenging Applications.” Applied Physics Letters 98.11 (2011): 113305. © 2011 American Institute of Physics en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3567516 Applied Physics Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Institute of Physics (AIP) MIT web domain |
| spellingShingle | Lunt, Richard R. Bulovic, Vladimir Transparent, near-infrared organic photovoltaic solar cells for window and energy-scavenging applications |
| title | Transparent, near-infrared organic photovoltaic solar cells for window and energy-scavenging applications |
| title_full | Transparent, near-infrared organic photovoltaic solar cells for window and energy-scavenging applications |
| title_fullStr | Transparent, near-infrared organic photovoltaic solar cells for window and energy-scavenging applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transparent, near-infrared organic photovoltaic solar cells for window and energy-scavenging applications |
| title_short | Transparent, near-infrared organic photovoltaic solar cells for window and energy-scavenging applications |
| title_sort | transparent near infrared organic photovoltaic solar cells for window and energy scavenging applications |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71948 |
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