Heterojunction photovoltaic cell using p- and n-type conducting polymers

Author

Onoda, Mitsuyoshi ; Tada, Kazuya

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Eng., Himeji Inst. of Technol., Japan

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

595

Lastpage

598

Abstract

A poly(p-pyridyl vinylene), PPyV/Poly(3-hexylthiophene), P3HT heterojunction photovoltaic cell was fabricated and its photo irradiation effects have been investigated. Quenching of photoluminescence both in the PPyV and P3HT layers has been observed in the PPy/P3HT heterojunction film. The photovoltaic characteristics of the heterojunction photovoltaic cell are also greatly improved from those in a P3HT monolayer photovoltaic cell. Its photoresponse gives evidence of the photoinduced charge transfer between PPyV and P3HT. These results are discussed by taking account of the difference in electronic states of both PPyV and P3HT

Keywords

conducting polymers; organic semiconductors; p-n heterojunctions; photoluminescence; photovoltaic cells; radiation quenching; PPyV/P3HT; conducting polymer; electronic states; p-n heterojunction photovoltaic cell; photoinduced charge transfer; photoirradiation effects; photoluminescence quenching; photovoltaic characteristics; poly(p-pyridyl vinylene)/poly(3-hexylthiophene); Charge transfer; Electrodes; Electrons; Gold; Heterojunctions; Photoconductivity; Photonic band gap; Photovoltaic cells; Polymers; Substrates;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulating Materials, 2001. (ISEIM 2001). Proceedings of 2001 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Himeji

Print_ISBN

4-88686-053-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEIM.2001.973739

Filename

973739