Characteristics of Polymer Solar Cells Depending on the Thickness of Active Layer

  • Lee, Dong-Gu (Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Noh, Seung-Uk (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Inter-university Semiconductor Research Center, Seoul National university) ;
  • Suman, C.K. (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Inter-university Semiconductor Research Center, Seoul National university) ;
  • Kim, Jun-Young (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Inter-university Semiconductor Research Center, Seoul National university) ;
  • Lee, Seong-Hoon (Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Chang-Hee (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Inter-university Semiconductor Research Center, Seoul National university)
  • Published : 2009.10.12

Abstract

We investigated the device performance of bulk heterojunction solar cells depending on the active layer thickness. For the systematic comparison, the polymer solar cells comprising RR-P3HT:PCBM (1:0.8 (wt%:wt%)) blend films with different thickness were characterized by impedance spectroscopy, and J-V measurement in dark and solar simulated illumination. The device with 120 nm thickness of active layer exhibited maximum power conversion efficiency of 3.5 % under AM 1.5 100mW/$cm^2$ illumination condition.

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