Optimization of the deposition of bilayer metallic electrodes for organic solar cells

塑料太阳能电池是一类新型的低成本光伏模块，其中活性层由塑料聚合物材料薄膜组成。这些塑料薄膜能够经济有效地将光转化为电，可以使用许多工业可扩展技术（包括喷墨印刷，旋涂和喷涂）轻松廉价地组装。在过去的几年中，已经发现了许多能够将光转换效率提高到10%的有机材料，并且优化了这些器件的有源层的最佳架构。相反，有效接触塑料太阳能电池的最佳程序，随着时间的推移具有最大的效率和最小的器件退化，仍然是一个争论的问题。我们的研究和开发项目旨在解决优化有机光催化剂聚合物活性层顶部双层金属电极沉积的根本性和技术挑战性问题，并为工业合作伙伴Plasmionique Inc.，我们拥有设计下一代沉积系统所需的独特知识和专业技能，用于在塑料太阳能电池顶部组装金属触点。我们的提案将使加拿大受益，提高加拿大太阳能电池行业急需的专业知识，并将太阳能电池创新引向工业可扩展性和商业化。

Plastic solar cells are a novel class of low-cost photovoltaic modules in which the active layer consists of thin films of plastic, polymeric materials. These plastic thin films, able to cost-effectively convert light into electricity, can be easily and cheaply assembled using a number of industrially scalable techniques, including ink-jet printing, spin-coating and spraying. In the last few years, a number of organic materials capable of light conversion efficiencies up to 10% has been discovered and the best architecture of the active layer for these devices was optimized. Conversely, the optimal procedure for efficiently contacting plastic solar cells, with maximum efficiency and minimum degradation of the devices over time, is still a matter of debate. Our research and development project is aimed at solving the fundamentally and technologically challenging problem of optimizing the deposition of two-layer metallic electrodes on the top of polymeric active layers of organic photovoltaics and to provide the industrial partner, Plasmionique Inc., with the unique knowledge and expertise necessary to design the next-generation deposition systems for assembling metallic contacts on the top of plastic solar cells. Our proposal will benefit Canada by enhancing the much needed know-how of the Canadian solar cell industry and by leading solar cell innovation to industrial scalability and commercialization.