Charging Characteristics of Lithium Ion Battery Using Semi-Solar Modules of Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells

Myeonghun Song, Sooyong Lee, Dohan Kim, Chulyeon Lee, Jaehoon Jeong, Jooyeok Seo, Hwajeong Kim, Dong-Ik Song, Donghyun Kim and Youngkyoo Kim
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Myeonghun Song: Organic Nanoelectronics Laboratory and KNU Institute for Nanophotonics Applications (KINPA), Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Applied Chemical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, University Road 80, Daegu 41566, Korea
Sooyong Lee: Organic Nanoelectronics Laboratory and KNU Institute for Nanophotonics Applications (KINPA), Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Applied Chemical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, University Road 80, Daegu 41566, Korea
Dohan Kim: Organic Nanoelectronics Laboratory and KNU Institute for Nanophotonics Applications (KINPA), Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Applied Chemical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, University Road 80, Daegu 41566, Korea
Chulyeon Lee: Organic Nanoelectronics Laboratory and KNU Institute for Nanophotonics Applications (KINPA), Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Applied Chemical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, University Road 80, Daegu 41566, Korea
Jaehoon Jeong: Organic Nanoelectronics Laboratory and KNU Institute for Nanophotonics Applications (KINPA), Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Applied Chemical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, University Road 80, Daegu 41566, Korea
Jooyeok Seo: Organic Nanoelectronics Laboratory and KNU Institute for Nanophotonics Applications (KINPA), Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Applied Chemical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, University Road 80, Daegu 41566, Korea
Hwajeong Kim: Organic Nanoelectronics Laboratory and KNU Institute for Nanophotonics Applications (KINPA), Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Applied Chemical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, University Road 80, Daegu 41566, Korea
Dong-Ik Song: Polymer Rheology Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Applied Chemical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, University Road 80, Daegu 41566, Korea
Donghyun Kim: Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, University Road 80, Daegu 41566, Korea
Youngkyoo Kim: Organic Nanoelectronics Laboratory and KNU Institute for Nanophotonics Applications (KINPA), Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Applied Chemical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, University Road 80, Daegu 41566, Korea

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 11, 1-10

Abstract: The combination of lithium ion battery (LIB) and organic (polymer) solar cells is expected to deliver versatile self-rechargeable portable energy sources, but less attention has been paid to the charging characteristics of LIB-using polymer solar cells. Here we demonstrate that the LIB packs, which were prepared by using lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO 2 ) and graphite as a cathode and an anode, respectively, can be effectively charged by semi-solar modules of polymer:fullerene solar cells, of which bulk heterojunction (BHJ) layers are composed of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC 61 BM). Results showed that the performance of semi-solar modules was not much degraded by connecting four single solar cells in series or in parallel, but their output power density was noticeably reduced by extending the number of single cells up to eight. The charging test disclosed that the output current density is of importance to speed up the LIB charging at the same output voltage.

Keywords: organic solar cells; polymer:fullerene bulk heterojunctions; semi-solar modules; lithium-ion battery (LIB); charging characteristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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