Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Low-temperature thermal nanoimprint lithography of anti-reflective structures for flexible low band gap organic solar cells. |
| Authors: |
Kettle, J.1 j.kettle@bangor.ac.uk, Rees, A.2,3, Brousseau, E. B.3, Horie, M.4 |
| Source: |
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 3/13/2013, Vol. 46 Issue 10, p1-6. 6p. |
| Subjects: |
Solar cells, Lithography, Nanostructures, Polyethylene terephthalate, Glass transitions |
| Abstract: |
The effect of adding anti-reflective structures to a PCPDTBT :PCBM organic solar cell on a flexible substrate using a one-step thermal-nanoimprint lithography process has been studied. In order to process nanostructures onto polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates, a low glass transition polymer was used. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) was increased by 4% when the light was irradiated at normal incidence. However, at oblique angles of incidence (80°), a 32% relative increase in PCE was observed showing the enhanced light-capturing capability of the anti-reflective features. This efficiency enhancement was attributed to reduced reflection at the air-PET interface, which is supported by optical modelling data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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