Enhancement of Organic Solar Cell Performance by Utilizing Cupper Phthalocyanine

An approach for improving the photoelectrical conversion efficiency of hetero-junction solar cells based on lead phthalocyanine, by incorporating cupper phthalocyanine with co-evaporation technique into the active layer has been reported in this work, the effect of adding cupper phthalocyanine (CuPc) have been studied. The morphological, optical, and electrical properties of PbPc active layer and blend have been reported. Atomic force microscope study shows a change in the roughness, UV-VIS Spectroscopy revealed that the absorbance of PbPc films increases in the blend case and has a main Q-band at wavelength 748 nm and the electrical study showed a change in (I–V) characteristics, the photoelectrical conversion efficiency (PCE) of solar cells increases. The photovoltaic parameters are discussed based on the morphology and optical variation of the active layers.

Properties of Sputtered-n-nc-Si:Er/p-Si Heterojunction Solar Cells

Nanocrystalline Si:Er (nc-Si:Er) films were sputtered on p-Si (100) substrates and diffused with phosphorus to form PN heterojunction diodes. The I-V properties of these diodes were characterized. And the properties of diodes without Er were compared with n-nc-Si:Er/p-Si. It was found that n-nc-Si:Er/p-Si diodes had better characteristics. Solar cells based on n-nc-Si:Er/i-nc-Si/p-Si were fabricated and characterized. The photoelectrical conversion efficiency of 18.13% for n-nc-Si:Er/i-nc-Si/p-Si solar cell was achieved.