Anode modification of BHJ organic photovoltaics using copper oxide

Author

Soultati, Anastasia ; Vasilopoulou, Maria

Author_Institution

Inst. of Nanosci. & Nanotechnol., Aghia Paraskevi, Greece

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this work, the influence of the incorporation of copper oxide films, used to enhance hole extraction/collection, on the optical and electrical properties of bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic photovoltaics (OPVs), is demonstrated. A significant increase in device efficiency were obtained in OPVs based on the poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6]-phenyl-C71 butyric acid methyl ester (PC₇₁BM) bulk heterojunctions. This was achieved by introducing a copper oxide layer, after optimizing its thickness to 20 nm, at the anode/organic layer interface instead of the commonly used poly(styrenesulfonate)-doped poly(ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT:PSS). The increased efficiency was attributed to the increase of Fill Factor (FF) and the reduction in the device series resistance, when PEDOT:PSS was replaced by these metal oxide layers.

Keywords

anodes; optimisation; optoelectronic devices; organic compounds; organic semiconductors; photoelectric devices; semiconductor heterojunctions; solar cells; BHJ organic photovoltaic; OPV; P3HT; PEDOT:PSS; [6,6]-phenyl-C71 butyric acid methyl ester; anode modification; anode-organic layer interface; bulk heterojunction; device series resistance; fill factor; metal oxide layer; poly(3- hexylthiophene); poly(styrenesulfonate)-doped poly(ethylenedioxythiophene); thickness optimisation; Absorption; Anodes; Copper; Films; Performance evaluation; Photovoltaic systems; copper oxide; enhanced performance; hole extraction layers; organic photovoltaics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2015 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Budapest

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193673

Filename

7193673