Organic solar cell

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9660207-B2
Application number	US-201313948534-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 23, 2013
Priority date	Jul 25, 2012
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

An organic solar cell includes a first sub-cell including a first active layer and a second sub-cell including a second active layer, wherein at least one of the first active layer and the second active layer includes at least two types of electron acceptors having different light absorbance from each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic solar cell, comprising:
a first sub-cell including a first active layer, the first active layer including,
a first electron donor absorbing light of a first wavelength region, and
a first electron acceptor; and

a second sub-cell including a second active layer having a different composition from the first active layer, the second active layer including,
a second electron donor absorbing light of a second wavelength region longer than the first wavelength region, and
a second electron acceptor having a first light absorbance and a third electron acceptor having a second light absorbance different from the first light absorbance,

wherein the first active layer and the second active layer are configured to absorb light of different wavelength regions from each other.

2. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein
the second electron acceptor and the third electron acceptor absorb light having equivalent wavelength regions to each other, and
the second electron acceptor and the third electron acceptor absorb light of different wavelength regions from the second electron donor.

3. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the second electron acceptor and the third electron acceptor are included in a weight ratio of about 1:99 to about 99:1.

4. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein
the second electron acceptor includes a compound having a light absorbing moiety of an optically symmetric structure, and
the third electron acceptor includes a compound having a light absorbing moiety of an optically asymmetric structure.

5. The organic solar cell of claim 4 , wherein
the second electron acceptor includes a fullerene derivative having a fullerene core of an optically symmetric structure, and
the third electron acceptor includes a fullerene derivative having a fullerene core of an optically asymmetric structure.

6. The organic solar cell of claim 5 , wherein the fullerene derivative of the second electron acceptor and the third electron acceptor have a common functional group.

7. The organic solar cell of claim 5 , wherein
the second electron acceptor includes one of C 60 , PC 60 BM, IC 60 BA, and a combination thereof, and
the third electron acceptor includes one of C 70 , PC 70 BM, IC 70 BA, and a combination thereof.

8. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein
the first electron donor includes a first compound having a bandgap of about 1.6 to about 2.2 eV, and
the second electron donor includes a second compound having a bandgap of about 0.6 to about 2.0 eV.

9. The organic solar cell of claim l, wherein
the first wavelength region is about 200 nm to about 780 nm, and
the second wavelength region is about 400 nm to about 2000 nm.

10. An organic solar cell, comprising:
a first electrode;
a first active layer on one side of the first electrode, the first active layer including a first electron donor absorbing light of a first wavelength region and a first electron acceptor;
an interconnection part on one side of the first active layer;
a second active layer on one side of the interconnection part, the second active layer having a different composition from the first active layer and including a second electron donor absorbing light of a second wavelength region longer than the first wavelength region, and a second electron acceptor having a first light absorbance and a third electron acceptor having a second light absorbance different from the first light absorbance, and
a second electrode on the second active layer,
wherein the first active layer and the second active layer are configured to absorb light of different wavelength regions from each other,
wherein the first electrode, the first active layer, and the interconnection part generate a first output current, and
wherein the second electrode, the second active layer, and the interconnection part generate a second output current, the second output current being about 0.9 to about 1.1 times the first output current, by controlling a composition ratio of the second electron acceptor and the third electron acceptor.

11. The organic solar cell of claim 10 , wherein
the first wavelength region is about 200 nm to about 780 nm, and
the second wavelength region is about 400 nm to about 2000 nm.

12. The organic solar cell of claim 10 , wherein the second electron acceptor and the third electron acceptor are included in a weight ratio of about 1:99 to about 99:1.

13. The organic solar cell of claim 10 , wherein
the second electron acceptor and the third electron acceptor absorb light having equivalent wavelength regions to each other, and
the second electron acceptor and the third electron acceptor absorb light of different wavelength regions from the second electron donor.

14. The organic solar cell of claim 10 , wherein
the second electron acceptor includes a fullerene derivative having a fullerene core of an optically symmetric structure, and
the third electron acceptor includes a fullerene derivative having a fullerene core of an optically asymmetric structure.

15. The organic solar cell of claim 14 , wherein the fullerene derivative of the second electron acceptor and the third electron acceptor have a common functional group.

16. The organic solar cell of claim 10 , wherein the interconnection part comprises at least one multilayer including at least one of a conductive polymer, an insulating polymer, a ferroelectric polymer, and a metal oxide.

17. The organic solar cell of claim 16 , wherein the at least one multilayer is a plurality of multilayers, and the interconnection part further comprises:
a conductive thin film between the plurality of multilayers.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ihn Soo Ghang
• Park Jong Hwan
• Chung Yeon Ji
• Nam Young Min

Classifications

• H10K30/30

  comprising bulk heterojunctions, e.g. interpenetrating networks of donor and acceptor material domains · CPC title

• H10K30/211

  comprising multiple junctions, e.g. double heterojunctions · CPC title

• C08G2261/146

  Side-chains containing halogens · CPC title

• H01L51/4253

  Electricity · mapped topic

• C08G2261/91

  Photovoltaic applications · CPC title