Tuning acceptor energy level for efficient charge collection in copper-phthalocyanine-based organic solar cells

2006 ◽  
Vol 88 (15) ◽  
pp. 153504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Wei Chu ◽  
Vishal Shrotriya ◽  
Gang Li ◽  
Yang Yang
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Energy Level ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Copper Phthalocyanine ◽  
Charge Collection ◽  
Efficient Charge ◽  
Acceptor Energy Level

Diketopyrrolopyrroles with a Distinct Energy Level Cascade for Efficient Charge Carrier Generation in Organic Solar Cells

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (21) ◽  
pp. 1500914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian J. Mueller ◽  
Michael Brendel ◽  
Pia Ruckdeschel ◽  
Jens Pflaum ◽  
Mukundan Thelakkat
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Energy Level ◽  
Charge Carrier ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Carrier Generation ◽  
Efficient Charge

Determining the exciton diffusion length of copper phthalocyanine in operating planar-heterojunction organic solar cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 30201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Guan ◽  
Shiyu Wang ◽  
Wenxing Liu ◽  
Dashan Qin ◽  
Dayan Ban
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Diffusion Length ◽  
Copper Phthalocyanine ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Thick Layer ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Short Circuit Current Density ◽  
Exciton Diffusion ◽  
Exciton Diffusion Length

Organic solar cells based on planar copper phthalocyanine (CuPc)/C60 heterojunction have been characterized, in which a 2 nm-thick layer of bathocuproine (BCP) is inserted into the CuPc layer. The thin layer of BCP allows hole current to tunnel it through but blocks the exciton diffusion, thereby altering the steady-state exciton profile in the CuPc zone (zone 1) sandwiched between BCP and C60. The short-circuit current density (JSC) of device is limited by the hole-exciton scattering effect at the BCP/CuPc (zone 1) interface. Based on the variation of JSC with the width of zone 1, the exciton diffusion length of CuPc is deduced to be 12.5–15 nm. The current research provides an easy and helpful method to determine the exciton diffusion lengths of organic electron donors.

scholarly journals The Effects of Molecular Packing Behavior of Small-Molecule Acceptors in Ternary Organic Solar Cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 755
Author(s):  
Eunhee Lim
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Energy Level ◽  
Ternary System ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Orbital Energy ◽  
Working Mechanism ◽  
Energy Level Structure ◽  
The Third ◽  
Molecular Backbone

Herein, two diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based, small-molecule isomers, o- and p-DPP-PhCN, were introduced as acceptors in ternary organic solar cells (OSCs). The isomers have the same molecular backbone but differ in the positions of the cyanide (CN) substituents (ortho and para), which greatly affects their packing behavior. Ternary solar cells composed of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT):DPP-PhCN:phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) were fabricated, and the effects of the different packing behaviors of the third component on the device performance and the working mechanism of the ternary cells were investigated. The addition of o-DPP-PhCN with a relatively high-lying lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level resulted in an increase in the open-circuit voltage (VOC) in the ternary devices, demonstrating the alloy-like structure of the two acceptors (o-DPP-PhCN and PCBM) in the ternary system. However, the p-DPP-PhCN-based ternary cells exhibited VOC values similar to that of a P3HT:PCBM binary cell, irrespective of the addition of p-DPP-PhCN, indicating a cascade energy-level structure in the ternary system and an effective charge transfer from the P3HT to the PCBM. Importantly, by increasing the addition of p-DPP-PhCN, the short-circuit current density increased substantially, resulting in pronounced shoulder peaks in the external quantum efficiency responses in the long-wavelength region, corresponding to the contribution of the photocurrent generated by the light absorption of p-DPP-PhCN. Despite sharing the same molecular backbone, the two DPP-PhCNs exhibited substantially different packing behaviors according to the position of their CN substituents, which also greatly affected the working mechanism of the ternary devices fabricated using the DPP-PhCNs as the third component.

Rational compatibility in ternary matrix enables all-small-molecule organic solar cells with over 16% efficiency

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengyun Jiang ◽  
Hairui Bai ◽  
Hongfu Zhi ◽  
Lu Yan ◽  
Han Young Woo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Phase Separation ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Charge Generation ◽  
Molecular Arrangement ◽  
Efficient Charge

How to manipulate the phase separation and molecular arrangement to meet the need of efficient charge generation and extraction remains as the long-standing challenge in all-small-molecule organic solar cells (ASM-OSCs)....

Conditions for efficient charge generation preceded by energy transfer process in non-fullerene organic solar cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Benatto ◽  
C. A. M. Moraes ◽  
G. Candiotto ◽  
K. R. A. Sousa ◽  
J. P. A. Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Binding Energy ◽  
Transfer Process ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Energy Transfer Process ◽  
Simple Relationship ◽  
Charge Generation ◽  
Efficient Charge

Our results provide a simple relationship involving the driving force and binding energy of CT state to maximize charge generation in non-fullerene organic solar cells.

Uphill and downhill charge generation from charge transfer to charge separated states in organic solar cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahidul Alam ◽  
Vojtech Nádaždy ◽  
Tomáš Váry ◽  
Christian Friebe ◽  
Rico Meitzner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Voltammetry ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Energy Level ◽  
Density Of States ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Joint Density ◽  
Charge Generation ◽  
Donor Acceptor

Energy level alignments at the organic donor–acceptor interface cannot be predicted from cyclic voltammetry. Onsets for joint density of states and charge generation, reveal cases of energy uphill and – newly observed – downhill charge generation.

Energy level alignment in polymer organic solar cells at donor-acceptor planar junction formed by electrospray vacuum deposition

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (16) ◽  
pp. 163303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji-Hoon Kim ◽  
Jong-Am Hong ◽  
Dae-Gyeon Kwon ◽  
Jaewon Seo ◽  
Yongsup Park
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Energy Level ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Vacuum Deposition ◽  
Energy Level Alignment ◽  
Donor Acceptor ◽  
Planar Junction

Reinforcing the Built-In Field for Efficient Charge Collection in Polymer Solar Cells

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1705079 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Hoon Lee ◽  
Song Yi Jeong ◽  
Geunjin Kim ◽  
Byoungwook Park ◽  
Junghwan Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Charge Collection ◽  
Efficient Charge
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