Stability of inverted organic solar cells with ZnO contact layers deposited from precursor solutions

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 592-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley A. MacLeod ◽  
Bertrand J. Tremolet de Villers ◽  
Philip Schulz ◽  
Paul F. Ndione ◽  
Hyungchul Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Phosphonic Acid ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Zinc Acetate ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
Solution Processed ◽  
Interstitial Zinc ◽  
Cell Stability

Interstitial zinc defects in solution-processed ZnO can be mitigated by using a diethylzinc precursor instead of zinc acetate, or by modifying the ZnO surface with a phosphonic acid, resulting in improved organic solar cell stability.

scholarly journals Intermediate Layers in Tandem Organic Solar Cells

Green ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongbo Yuan ◽  
Jinsong Huang ◽  
Gang Li
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Device Performance ◽  
Tandem Solar Cell ◽  
Solution Processed ◽  
Intermediate Layers

AbstractTandem structures can boost the efficiency of organic solar cell to more than 15%, compared to the 10% limit of single layer bulk heterojunction devices. Design and fabricating of intermediate layers plays a very important role to achieve high device performance. This article will review the main experimental progresses of tandem organic solar cells, and focus on the intermediate layers (charge recombination layers) in both thermal evaporated and solution processed organic tandem solar cell devices.

Boron-Nitrogen Doped Dihydroindeno[1,2-b]fluorene Derivatives as Acceptors in Organic Solar Cells

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Morgan ◽  
Maryam Nazari ◽  
Thomas Pickl ◽  
J. Mikko Rautiainen ◽  
Heikki M. Tuononen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
Broad Absorption ◽  
Nitrogen Doped ◽  
Large Depth ◽  
End Products ◽  
Boron Nitrogen ◽  
The Way

The electrophilic borylation of 2,5-diarylpyrazines results in the formation of boron-nitrogen doped dihydroindeno[1,2-<i>b</i>]fluorene which can be synthesized via mildly air-sensitive techniques and the end products handled readily under atmosphereic conditions. Through transmetallation via diarylzinc reagents a series of derivatives were sythesized which show broad absorption profiles that highlight the versatility of this backbone to be used in organic solar cell devices. These compounds can be synthesized in large yields, in alow number of steps and functionalized at many stages along the way providing a large depth of possibilities. Exploratory device paramaters were studied and show PCE of 2%.

Additive-induced Miscibility Regulation and Hierarchical Morphology Enables 17.5% Binary Organic Solar Cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Lv ◽  
Hua Tang ◽  
Jiaming Huang ◽  
Cenqi Yan ◽  
Kuan Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Charge Trapping ◽  
Free Charge ◽  
Charge Generation ◽  
Low Charge ◽  
Hierarchical Morphology

Due to the barrierless free charge generation, low charge trapping, and high charge mobilities, the PM6:Y6 organic solar cell (OSC) achieves excellent power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 15.7%. However, the...

scholarly journals Digital printing of a novel electrode for stable flexible organic solar cells with a power conversion efficiency of 8.5%

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Wageh ◽  
Mahfoudh Raïssi ◽  
Thomas Berthelot ◽  
Matthieu Laurent ◽  
Didier Rousseau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Transport Layer ◽  
Electron Transport Layer ◽  
Solution Processed ◽  
Transparent Conducting

AbstractPoly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) mixed with single-wall nanotubes (SWNTs) (10:1) and doped with (0.1 M) perchloric acid (HClO4) in a solution-processed film, working as an excellent thin transparent conducting film (TCF) in organic solar cells, was investigated. This new electrode structure can be an outstanding substitute for conventional indium tin oxide (ITO) for applications in flexible solar cells due to the potential of attaining high transparency with enhanced conductivity, good flexibility, and good durability via a low-cost process over a large area. In addition, solution-processed vanadium oxide (VOx) doped with a small amount of PEDOT-PSS(PH1000) can be applied as a hole transport layer (HTL) for achieving high efficiency and stability. From these viewpoints, we investigate the benefit of using printed SWNTs-PEDOT-PSS doped with HClO4 as a transparent conducting electrode in a flexible organic solar cell. Additionally, we applied a VOx-PEDOT-PSS thin film as a hole transporting layer and a blend of PTB7 (polythieno[3,4-b] thiophene/benzodithiophene): PC71BM (phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester) as an active layer in devices. Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were applied as an electron transport layer and Ag was used as the top electrode. The proposed solar cell structure showed an enhancement in short-circuit current, power conversion efficiency, and stability relative to a conventional cell based on ITO. This result suggests a great carrier injection throughout the interfacial layer, high conductivity and transparency, as well as firm adherence for the new electrode.

Fabrication and characterization of CuPc and PCBM based organic solar cell with metal interlayer

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 413-420
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ahsan Naveed ◽  
A. Hussain ◽  
K. Islam ◽  
P. Akhter
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Impedance Spectroscopy ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
Silver Layer ◽  
Absorbance Spectrum ◽  
Heterojunction Solar Cells ◽  
Processing Cost ◽  
Donor Acceptor

Organic solar cells have potential as an alternative to conventional inorganic solar cell due to low processing cost, flexibility and easy fabrication technique. The goal of this paper is to study the characteristics of the CuPc and PCBM based organic solar cell by introducing a thin layer of Ag at the interface of donor (CuPc) and Acceptor (PCBM), their photovoltaic and optical properties were investigated. The heterojunction solar cells with and without silver inter layer were fabricated through thermal deposition in HR vacuum. The OPV solar cells were characterized using current-voltage graphs, absorbance spectrum and Impedance spectroscopy. Impedance spectroscopy was taken to identify the traps using series resistance, parallel resistance, and Impedance spectrums under different frequencies. Optical behaviors of these devices have been investigated with absorbance spectrum. Introducing Ag to interfacing point produced traps and these traps causes to decreased Voc, Isc, FF, and efficiency. The effect of silver layer at donor acceptor interface was studied.

New indolo carbazole-based non-fullerene n-type semiconductors for organic solar cell applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 543-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suman Suman ◽  
Afzal Siddiqui ◽  
M. L. Keshtov ◽  
Ganesh D. Sharma ◽  
Surya Prakash Singh
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
Molecular Engineering ◽  
End Groups

In this work, two new indolo-[3,2-b]-carbazole (ICz) core-based non-fullerene acceptors (ICz-Rd2 and ICz-RdCN2) with an A–π–D–π–A backbone were designed, synthesized, and characterized and the influence of molecular engineering on the terminal end groups on their performance in organic solar cells (OSCs) was systematically examined.

Plasmonic organic solar cell employing Au NP:PEDOT:PSS doped rGO

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (30) ◽  
pp. 23892-23899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung Joo Lee ◽  
Jae-Yeon Kim ◽  
Abd. Rashid bin Mohd Yusoff ◽  
Jin Jang
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
Au Nps ◽  
Control Devices ◽  
Comprehensive Study

We report a comprehensive study of the influence of NPs on organic solar cells by introducing Au NPs into OSCs fabricated using PEDOT:PSS:rGO. The PEDOT:PSS:rGO embedded with Au NPs had better Jsc and PCE values than the control devices.

scholarly journals Air-processed active-layer of organic solar cells investigated by conducting AFM for precise defect detection

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (42) ◽  
pp. 24882-24892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjusree S. ◽  
Arya K. R. ◽  
Bikas C. Das
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
Defect Detection ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cell

Current imaging by C-AFM is demonstrated as a very effective tool to probe the defects in the organic solar cell active layer.

scholarly journals A “roller-wheel” Pt-containing small molecule that outperforms its polymer analogs in organic solar cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 5798-5804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenhan He ◽  
Maksim Y. Livshits ◽  
Diane A. Dickie ◽  
Jianzhong Yang ◽  
Rachel Quinnett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Small Molecules ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
Enhanced Crystallinity

“Roller-wheel” shaped Pt-containing molecules display enhanced crystallinity and are better performing organic solar cell materials than conventional small molecules and polymers featuring “dumbbell” shaped structures.

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