Impact of Electrodes on Recombination in Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells
Rahimi Chatri A, Torabi S, Le Corre VM, Koster LJA (2018)
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2018
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Publisher: AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Book Volume: 10
Pages Range: 12013-12020
Journal Issue: 14
Abstract
In recent years, the efficiency of organic solar cells (OSCs) has increased to more than 13%, although different barriers are on the way for reaching higher efficiencies. One crucial barrier is the recombination of charge carriers, which can either occur as the bulk recombination of photogenerated charges or the recombination of photogenerated charges and electrodic induced charges (EICs). This work studies the impact of EICs on the recombination lifetime in OSCs. To this end, the net recombination lifetime of photogenerated charge carriers in the presence of EICs is measured by means of conventional and newly developed transient photovoltage techniques. Moreover, a new approach has been introduced to exclusively measure the bulk recombination lifetime, i.e., in the absence of EICs; this approach was conducted by depositing transparent insulating layers on both sides of the OSC active layer. An examination of these approaches on OSCs with different active layer materials, thicknesses, and varying light intensities determined that the EICs can only reduce the recombination lifetime of the photogenerated charges in OSCs with very weak recombination strength. This work supports that for OSCs with highly reduced recombination strength, eliminating the recombination of photogenerated charges and EICs is critical for achieving better performance. Therefore, the use of a proper blocking layer suppresses EIC recombination in systems with very weak recombination.
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APA:
Rahimi Chatri, A., Torabi, S., Le Corre, V.M., & Koster, L.J.A. (2018). Impact of Electrodes on Recombination in Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(14), 12013-12020. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b19234
MLA:
Rahimi Chatri, Azadeh, et al. "Impact of Electrodes on Recombination in Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells." ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 10.14 (2018): 12013-12020.
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