Fine Tuned Nanolayered Metal/Metal Oxide Electrode for Semitransparent Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells

• Semitransparent photovoltaics have great potential, for example, in buildingintegrationor in portable electronics. However, the front and back contactelectrodes signifi cantly affect the light transmission and photovoltaic performanceof the complete device. Herein, the use of a semitransparentnanolayered metal/metal oxide electrode for a semitransparent PbS colloidalquantum dot solar cell to increase the light transmission and power conversioneffi ciency is reported. The effect of the nanolayered electrode on theoptical properties within the solar cells is studied and compared to a theoreticallymodel to identify the origin of optical losses that lower the devicetransmission. The results show that the light transmission in the visibleregion and the photovoltaic performance are signifi cantly enhanced with thenanolayered electrode. The solar cell shows an effi ciency of 5.4% and averagevisible transmittance of 24.1%, which is an increase by 28.6% and 59.6%,respectively, compared to the device with a standard Au fi lm as the electrode.These results demonstrate that the optical and electrical modifi cation oftransparent electrode is possible and essential for reducing the light refl ectionand absorption of the electrode in semitransparent photovoltaics, and,meanwhile the demonstrated nanolayered materials may provide an avenuefor enhancing the device transparency and efficiency.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences (hsv//eng)

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Physical Chemistry

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