An effective bilayer cathode buffer for highly efficient small molecule organic solar cells

被引:38
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作者
Lin, Hao-Wu [1 ]
Kang, Hao-Wei [1 ]
Huang, Zheng-Yu [1 ]
Chen, Chang-Wen [1 ]
Chen, Yi-Hong [1 ]
Lin, Li-Yen [2 ]
Lin, Francis [2 ]
Wong, Ken-Tsung [2 ]
机构
[1] Natl Tsing Hua Univ, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
[2] Natl Taiwan Univ, Dept Chem, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
关键词
Organic photovoltaics; Cathode buffer; Electron transporting layer; Small molecule solar cells; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; FILL FACTOR; PERFORMANCE; TRANSITION;
D O I
10.1016/j.orgel.2012.05.049
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Novel organic/ultrathin low work function metal bilayer cathode buffers for small molecule organic solar cells are proposed. Ultrathin low work function metal layers possess a high built-in electric field for effective carrier extraction and a high cathode reflectivity for maximum absorption in the photoactive layers. This leads to a significant increase of short circuit current density and fill factor of cells. By integrating this bilayer cathode buffer with DTDCTB:C-60 small molecular heterojunction, the device exhibits a high power conversion efficiency of up to 5.28%, which is an improvement of 22% compared to a device with a traditional single organic layer buffer. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:1925 / 1929
页数:5
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