Effects of exciton blocking layers (EBL) on organic solar cells with ITO/CuPc/C60/EBL/Al

• Main Authors: Chih-Chung Chang, 張智忠
• Other Authors: Kuan-Cheng Chiu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/16920935156138453131

碩士 === 中原大學 === 物理研究所 === 99 === Effects of exciton blocking layer (EBL) on the performance of organic photovoltaic cells (OPVC) with a basic heterostructure of ITO/CuPc/C60/EBL/Al were studied; and Alq3, CuPc, and/or LiF thin layers of various thicknesses were adopted as EBL. The characteristics of current density (J) versus bias voltage (V) of these as-fabricated OPVCs were measured in a dark room and under illumination, respectively. Then, these J-V curves were numerically analyzed by an equivalent circuit model. From the experimental J-V data, an EBL with Alq3 layer of 10 nm thick can enhance the overall efficiency by 20%, as compared with the similar OPVC without EBL. From the numerical fitting results, this improvement can be explained by an increase of photo-current density (Jph) and a decrease of series resistance (Rs). In addition, from a durability test, the OPVC with Alq3 EBL can also have the best performance than that one without EBL. Finally, the physical significance of EBL on the improvements of OPVC was discussed.