• DocumentCode
    54966
  • Title

    Eliminating RC-Effects in Transient Photocurrent Measurements on Organic Photodiodes

  • Author

    Kettlitz, Siegfried W. ; Mescher, Jan ; Christ, Nico S. ; Nintz, M. ; Valouch, Sebastian ; Colsmann, Alexander ; Lemmer, Uli

  • Author_Institution
    Light Technol. Inst., Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol., Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    1-Apr-13
  • Firstpage
    682
  • Lastpage
    685
  • Abstract
    In this letter, we present a method to eliminate the influence of the RC-constant in transient photocurrent measurements on organic photodiodes and solar cells. With this technique, it is possible to reconstruct the conduction current from measurements and extract relevant charge transport parameters. This is demonstrated by the application of this method on RC-dominated measurements of transient photocurrent responses on organic photodiodes revealing the power law decays being typical for dispersive charge transport in the conduction current. Vice versa, our approach allows us to simulate the impact of an optional RC-constant on simulation data, which is generated neglecting the serial resistance of real devices.
  • Keywords
    photodiodes; solar cells; RC-constant; RC-effects; conduction current; dispersive charge transport; organic photodiodes; power law decays; solar cells; transient photocurrent measurements; transient photocurrent responses; Current measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Photodiodes; Photovoltaic cells; Semiconductor device measurement; Transient analysis; Voltage measurement; Bulk heterojunction; organic photodiode; signal restoration; transient response;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2013.2247036
  • Filename
    6461386