Efficiency and Average Visible Light Transmittance Improved Simultaneously of the Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells

Efficient ternary organic solar cells were achieved by utilizing an ultra-narrow bandgap material, IEICO-4 F, mixed with the fullerene material PC 71 BM 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%. MoO 3 /Ag/MoO 3 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.