Enhancement of poly(3-hexylthiophene)-based solar cell with thermal-evaporated [6,6]-phenyl-C60 butyric acid methyl ester layers

Wei-Hsuan Tseng; Jeng-Yu Wang; Chung-Yen Wang; Hung Lo; Chih-I Wu; Mei-Hsin Chen

doi:10.1117/1.JPE.2.021009

27 April 2012 Enhancement of poly(3-hexylthiophene)-based solar cell with thermal-evaporated [6,6]-phenyl-C60 butyric acid methyl ester layers

Wei-Hsuan Tseng, Jeng-Yu Wang, Chung-Yen Wang, Hung Lo, Chih-I Wu, Mei-Hsin Chen

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Journal of Photonics for Energy, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 021009 (April 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.2.021009

Abstract

We provide a more compact fabrication process than the prior work using [6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) buffer layer to enhance the performance of organic solar cells. The device with an extra PCBM layer exhibits an improved power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 20% as compared with the devices with conventional structures. Ultraviolet and x-ray photoemission spectroscopy indicate that thermal annealing treatments result in better mixture structures of PCBM layers with poly(3-hexylthiophene) at the blended surfaces. Therefore, the device with inserted PCBM provides more ideal hetero-structures and vertically graded PCBM distribution to optimize the charge extraction efficiency.

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Wei-Hsuan Tseng, Jeng-Yu Wang, Chung-Yen Wang, Hung Lo, Chih-I Wu, and Mei-Hsin Chen "Enhancement of poly(3-hexylthiophene)-based solar cell with thermal-evaporated [6,6]-phenyl-C60 butyric acid methyl ester layers," Journal of Photonics for Energy 2(1), 021009 (27 April 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.2.021009

Published: 27 April 2012

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