Title :
Fabrication and characterization of organic solar cells containing ZnO nanoparticles in active layer
Author :
Nakajima, Ryuji ; Saravanan, S. ; Ohtani, Noboru
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Doshisha Univ., Kyotanabe, Japan
Abstract :
Bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (OSC) containing zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) in the active layer were fabricated. The BHJ active layers consisted of poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT), [6,6]-Phenyl-C61-Butyric Acid Methyl Ester (PCBM) and additionaly ZnO NPs were doped. We found that the power conversion efficiency (PCE) strictly depend on the size and the concentration of ZnO NPs. The maximum PCE was about 2.96% when the ZnO NPs concentration was 1%.
Keywords :
nanoparticles; power conversion; solar cells; zinc compounds; BHJ OSC; NP concentration; PCBM; PCE; ZnO; active layer; bulk heterojunction organic solar cells; organic solar cells characterization; organic solar cells fabrication; polyphenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester; power conversion efficiency; zinc oxide nanoparticles; Absorption; Conductivity; Doping; Nanoparticles; Photovoltaic cells; Power conversion; Zinc oxide;
Conference_Titel :
Active-Matrix Flatpanel Displays and Devices (AM-FPD), 2014 21st International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/AM-FPD.2014.6867186
