Improvement of Efficiency of Polymer-Zinc Oxide Hybrid Solar Cells Prepared by Rapid Convective Deposition

The aim of this research is to study improvement of power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic-inorganic hybrid bulk heterostructure solar cell prepared by rapid convective deposition as a function of concentration of zinc oxide additive. The structure of hybrid solar cell used in this research is ITO/ZnO/P3HT:PC70BM:ZnO(nanoparticles)/MoO3/Au. By adding 5 mg/ml of ZnO nanoparticles in the active layer (P3HT:PC70BM), the PCE was increased from 0.46 to 1.09%. In order to reveal the origin of improving efficiency, surface morphology and optical properties of active layers were investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and UV-Visible spectroscopy, respectively. The results clearly indicate that the enhancement of solar cell efficiency results from (i) the proper phase sepharation of electron donor and acceptor in the active layer and (ii) the better absorption of the active layer. This research work introduces an alternative way to improve solar cell efficiency by adding ZnO into active layer.

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Enhancement of organic solar cell efficiency by altering the zinc oxide photoanode nanostructure morphology

Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry ◽

10.1007/s40097-021-00453-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Zahra Samavati ◽

Alireza Samavati ◽

Ahmad Fauzi Ismail ◽

Tohid N. Borhani ◽

Mohammad Velashjerdi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Zinc Oxide ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Organic Solar Cell ◽

Solar Cell Efficiency ◽

Cell Efficiency

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Increasing Polymer Solar Cell Active Layer Efficiency and Organization by Adding Gold-Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/opl.2013.183 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 1500 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rebecca Isseroff ◽

Andrew Chen ◽

Sneha Chittabathini ◽

Alexandra Tse ◽

Cheng Pan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Graphene Oxide ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Reduced Graphene Oxide ◽

Active Layer ◽

Bulk Heterojunction ◽

Solar Cell Efficiency ◽

Cell Efficiency ◽

Reduced Graphene ◽

Polymer Component ◽

Low Efficiency

ABSTRACTRelatively low efficiency is one of the main obstacles to overcome in the engineering of organic bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells. Reduced graphene oxide (RGO), which has high conductivity, has been proposed to enhance the function of PCBM in the interfacial dissociation of excitons, but incorporating it into the hydrophobic photoactive polymers has proved challenging. Here we describe a novel technique for incorporating Au nanoparticles (AuNp) into the structure of the RGO. The AuNps then interact with the sulfur groups on the photoactive polymer component, while the RGO interacts via π – π stacking with the chemically similar PCBM, thereby anchoring the complex to the polymer interface. Graphene oxide was synthesized and then reduced in the presence of a gold salt. The resulting gold-functionalized RGO (AuRGO) sheets were characterized using TGA, FTIR, and TEM. The AuRGO was not soluble in chlorobenzene; however, in the presence of P3HT, the AuRGO dissolved, suggesting a reaction between the gold and the sulfur of the P3HT via a metal-thiolate bond. At 2 mg/ml, AuRGO increased the solar cell efficiency approximately 50% over the control, but higher concentrations produced large, columnar structures which blocked the electrode from having a uniform contact with the active layer.

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Improving organic solar cell efficiency by increasing light absorption and charge carrier mobility in the device active layer

10.1063/1.4791541 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

S. Sundar Kumar Iyer

Keyword(s):

Solar Cell ◽

Charge Carrier ◽

Active Layer ◽

Light Absorption ◽

Organic Solar Cell ◽

Carrier Mobility ◽

Charge Carrier Mobility ◽

Solar Cell Efficiency ◽

Cell Efficiency

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Improvement of the nanostructured zinc oxide/polymer based solar cell efficiency through the incorporation of N,N′-dioctyl-3,4,9,10-perylenedicarboximide nanoribbons as charge mediator

Synthetic Metals ◽

10.1016/j.synthmet.2013.05.029 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 176 ◽

pp. 116-120 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

S. Pradhan ◽

A. Dhar

Keyword(s):

Zinc Oxide ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Solar Cell Efficiency ◽

Cell Efficiency ◽

Nanostructured Zinc Oxide

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Scrutiny of Gold Surface Plasmonic Nanoparticles Embedded in Various Substrates used for Enhancing Solar Cell's Efficiency

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering - 2 ◽

10.35940/ijrte.e6640.018520 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 4410-4419

Keyword(s):

Solar Cell ◽

Standard Deviation ◽

Light Scattering ◽

Research Work ◽

Gold Surface ◽

Mie Scattering ◽

Solar Cell Efficiency ◽

Plasmonic Nanoparticle ◽

Cell Efficiency ◽

Particle Dimension

The objective of this paper is to read the various substrates which are mounted on Gold plasmonic nanoparticle and how they enhance the efficiency of a solar cell. With the help of MIE scattering software, we found the different type of light inclusion and light scattering by Gold nanoparticles mounted on various substrates of a solar cell. The second objective of this paper is to learn the outcome of nanoparticle dimension and standard deviation on light scattering and absorption. The process of this work can be shortened as follows: The literature review on surface plasmons and how effects solar cell efficiency is done. The software MIEPLOTV4305 and how it is used for the research work were studied. Scrutiny of gold samples with different mediums and comparing the variations in peak wavelength using MIE PLOT software and graphs were placed. The outcome of particle dimension and standard deviation on CSCATTERING, CABSORPTION, QSCATTERING, and QABSORPTION were done.

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