Journal
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Volume 8, Issue 9, Pages 2650-2656Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5ee01757b
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- Basic Science Research Program and the Pioneer Research Center Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning [NRF-2015R1A2A2A11001112, NRF-2013M3C1A3065045]
- Low Observable Technology Research Center program of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration and Agency for Defense Development
- Yonsei University Research Fund
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Optical haze is one of the most important factors to be considered in the development of efficient photonic and optoelectronic devices by manipulating the light behavior. In this work, we fabricated a high optical haze film composed of self-aggregated alumina nanowire arrays and applied this novel structure to improve the energy conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices. We controlled the optical properties of films, such as total/diffuse transmittance and haze value, by changing the packing density of nanowires during the wet etching process. By optimizing the etching conditions, the nanowire bundle arrays enabled us to obtain an ultrahigh optical haze value up to similar to 98% or high transmittance up to similar to 96%. By simply attaching the haze film onto the front glass surface of the OPV device, we significantly elongated the optical path length in the active layer, thereby achieving an overall efficiency of 9.01% out of the bare device of 8.17%, resulting in 10.28% enhancement.
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