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Open circuit voltage enhancement due to reduced dark current in small molecule photovoltaic cells

Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 023307 (2009); doi:10.1063/1.3072807

Published 16 January 2009

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Ning Li,1 Brian E. Lassiter,1 Richard R. Lunt,1,2 Guodan Wei,1 and Stephen R. Forrest1
1Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Materials Science and Engineering, and Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
2Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
We demonstrate high open circuit voltage photovoltaic cells achieved by reducing the electron leakage current through the introduction of both organic and inorganic electron blocking layers between the donor layer and the anode contact. As an example, the blocking layers reduce the dark current in tin (II) phthalocyanine (SnPc)/C60 solar cells with response across the visible and near infrared spectral region up to a wavelength of 1000  nm, is decreased by two orders of magnitude compared to cells lacking the layers, resulting in a doubling of the open circuit voltage. The structure: indium tin oxide/electron blocker/SnPc (100  Å)/C60 (400  Å)/bathocuproine (100  Å)/Al, has a power conversion efficiency of (2.1±0.1)% at 1  sun, standard AM1.5G solar illumination. This work demonstrates the importance of reducing dark current to achieve high organic thin film photovoltaic cell efficiencies. ©2009 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 16 December 2008; accepted 29 December 2008; published 16 January 2009
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    Photoelectric conversion: solar cells and arrays
  • YEAR: 2009

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