Optimization and performance analysis of PCBM acceptor-based bulk heterojunction organic solar cells using different donor materials

Author(s):  
Faysal Hakim ◽  
Md. Kawsar Alam
2020 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
pp. 108260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuriy N. Luponosov ◽  
Alexander N. Solodukhin ◽  
Artur L. Mannanov ◽  
Petr S. Savchenko ◽  
Yury Minenkov ◽  
...  

Soft Matter ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (29) ◽  
pp. 6743-6751
Author(s):  
Joydeep Munshi ◽  
TeYu Chien ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Ganesh Balasubramanian

The effect of solution processing conditions on the elasto-morphology of a bulk heterojunction layer reveals a trade-off between thermo-mechanical stability and performance in organic solar cells.


Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3596
Author(s):  
Alexander N. Solodukhin ◽  
Yuriy N. Luponosov ◽  
Artur L. Mannanov ◽  
Petr S. Savchenko ◽  
Artem V. Bakirov ◽  
...  

Star-shaped donor-acceptor molecules are full of promise for organic photovoltaics and electronics. However, the effect of the branching core on physicochemical properties, charge transport and photovoltaic performance of such donor-acceptor materials in single-component (SC) and bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells has not been thoroughly addressed. This work shows the comprehensive investigation of six star-shaped donor-acceptor molecules with terminal hexyldicyanovinyl blocks linked through 2,2′-bithiophene π-conjugated bridge to different electron-donating cores such as the pristine and fused triphenylamine, tris(2-methoxyphenyl)amine, carbazole- and benzotriindole-based units. Variation of the branching core strongly impacts on such important properties as the solubility, highest occupied molecular orbital energy, optical absorption, phase behavior, molecular packing and also on the charge-carrier mobility. The performance of SC or BHJ organic solar cells are comprehensively studied and compared. The results obtained provide insight on how to predict and fine-tune photovoltaic performance as well as properties of donor-acceptor star-shaped molecules for organic solar cells.


2017 ◽  
Vol 751 ◽  
pp. 435-441
Author(s):  
Wantana Koetniyom ◽  
Anusit Keawprajak ◽  
Kanpitcha Jiramitmongkon ◽  
Udom Asawapirom

This research was focused on the effect of solid crystallization additive namely 1,4-dichlorobenzene (PDCB) in the 1:2 (w/w) active layer of benzothiadiazole/thiophene-based copolymers (PFTBzTT) to [6,6]-phenyl-C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) on the morphology and performance of bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells. The active layer was deposited by spin-coating with chloroform solutions by different PDCB additive concentrations from 0-52 mg/ml. The inclusion of additive into the polymer solution was able to improve the performance of BHJ solar cells. The maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 0.84% achieved for a cell with PDCB concentration of 36 mg/ml after annealing at 180 °C for 20 min. The XRD and TEM techniques used to analyse the crystal structure and morphology of the thin films. From these results were found that PDCB additive presented higher level of PCBM crystal structure by more aggregation of PCBM and a larger extent of phase separation than those of the films without additive. The AFM results demonstrated that the optimum PDCB concentration and annealing process helped PCBM aggregated into micron sized crystal rods.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (35) ◽  
pp. 7247-7255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuo Yi ◽  
Wang Ni ◽  
Qian Zhang ◽  
Miaomiao Li ◽  
Bin Kan ◽  
...  

Bulk heterojunction solar cells based on a novel small molecule (DRDTSBDTT) were systematically investigated to understand the impact of thermal annealing on Voc, Jsc and FF.


IEEE Access ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 40665-40680
Author(s):  
Farha Islam Mime ◽  
Md. Rafiqul Islam ◽  
Eklas Hossain ◽  
Ibrahim M. Mehedi ◽  
Md. Tanvir Hasan

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