Dissertations / Theses: 'Bulk heterojunction organic solar cell'

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Sahare, Swapnil Ashok. "Enhancing the Photovoltaic Efficiency of a Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cell." TopSCHOLAR®, 2016. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1609.

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Active layer morphology of polymer-based solar cells plays an important role in improving power conversion efficiency (PCE). In this thesis, the focus is to improve the device efficiency of polymer-based solar cells. In the first objective, active layer morphology of polymer-solar cells was optimized though a novel solvent annealing technique. The second objective was to explore the possibility of replacing the highly sensitive aluminum cathode layer with a low-cost and stable alternative, copper metal. Large scale manufacturing of these solar cells is also explored using roll-to-roll printing techniques. Poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl (PCBM) were used as the active layer blend for fabricating the solar cell devices using bulk heterojunction (BHJ), which is a blend of a donor polymer and an acceptor material. Blends of the donor polymer, P3HT and acceptor, PCBM were cast using spin coating and the resulting active layers were solvent annealed with dichlorobenzene in an inert atmosphere. Solvent annealed devices showed improved morphology with nano-phase segregation revealed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) analysis. The roughness of the active layer was found to be 6.5 nm. The nano-phase segregation was attributed to PCBM clusters and P3HT domains being arranged under the solvent annealing conditions. These test devices showed PCE up to 9.2 % with current density of 32.32 mA/cm2, which is the highest PCE reported to date for a P3HT-PCBM based system. Copper was deposited instead of the traditional aluminum for device fabrication. We were able to achieve similar PCEs with copper-based devices. Conductivity measurements were done on thermally deposited copper films using the two-probe method. Further, for these two configurations, PCE and other photovoltaic parameters were compared. Finally, we studied new techniques of large scale fabrication such as ultrasonic spray coating, screen-printing, and intense pulse light sintering, using the facilities at the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research at the University of Louisville. In this study, prototype devices were fabricated on flexible ITO coated plastics. Sintering greatly improved the conductivity of the copper nano-ink cathode layer. We will explore this technique’s application to large-scale fabrication of solar cell devices in the future work.

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Zhou, Xuan. "Structural engineering of porphyrin small molecules for bulk heterojunction organic solar cell applications." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2018. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/563.

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Organic donor and acceptor have promised the better future energy technologies to alleviate global energy demand and environmental issues. And nowadays they begin to come true in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells (BHJ OSCs) with advantages of low-cost, light-weight, large-area, flexibility, and with high efficiencies (PCEs) of over 14% for converting solar energy to electricity. Porphyrins are unique potential for artificial photocatalysis but their application in BHJ OSCs are still limited by the PCEs less than 10%. This complicacy comes from their inadequate spectral absorptions and the imperfect morphologies. In this thesis, we devote to chemical modification of acceptor-π-porphyrin-π-acceptor (A-π-Por-π-A) structural molecules to enhance their spectral absorptions and phase-separation functions with fullerene acceptor. Firstly, chemically driving J-aggregates have been studied on the new A-π-Por-π-A porphyrin molecule, which could improve the phase-separation of its blend film with PC71BM and and enhance its performance in BHJ OSCs with PCE up to 8.04%. Secondly, two new benzodithiophene (BDT) π-bridged A-π-Por-π-A molecules have been prepared with complementary absorption between the Soret and Q bands. The devices based on the blend fims of the porphyrin donor and PC71BM acceptor exhibit full spectral photocurrent generation and impressive PCEs up to 7.92%. Thirdly, we further extended the π-conjugation of the above BDT π-brigded A-π-Por-π-A molecules by inserting alkyl chain substituted thiophene derivatives into their backbones, resulting in new porphyrin molecules with UV-visible-near-infraed absorption spectra. Using those porphyrin molecules as donor and PCBM as acceptor, the devices show full spectra photocurrent generatoion and appropriate film morphology, resulting in high PCE up to 8.59%. Besides, photocatalysis is also a new promising technology to generate renewable energy. We herein develop new low-cost and noble-metal-free photocatalysts based on Co(OH)2 modified CdS nanowires and applied them for visible light driven hydrogen production from water-splitting. The optimum H2 production rate reaches 14.43 mmol·h−1·g−1 under (λ ≥ 420 nm) upon visible light irradiation, which is 206 and 3 times larger than that of the pristine CdS NWs and 1 wt% Pt-CdS NWs, respectively. The results indicate the promising application of earth-abundant Co(OH)2 as alternative cocatalysts of noble metals.

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Liu, Jiang. "P3HT:PCBM Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cell : Performance Optimization and Application of Inkjet Printing." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Science and Technology, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-14987.

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Organic solar cells have emerged as an important cheap photovoltaic technology. In this thesis work, a study of P3HT:PCBM heterojunction solar cells was presented. By incorporation of photo-active film slow growth, PEDOT:PSS (Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrenesulfonate)) de-water treatment and application of highly conductive PEDOT:PSS (HC-PEDOT), a maximum PCE (power conversion efficiency) of 4% was achieved.

Inkjet printing technique was on the other hand introduced into fabrication process. The morphological, electrical and optical properties of printed HC-PEDOT were investigated. Fine silver girds with well-designed pattern, combining with a transparent thin film of HC-PEDOT, was inkjet-printed to form the anode of solar cells. A functional device with printed anode and printed photo-active layer was demonstrated, showing the possibility of realizing fully printed organic solar cells.

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Augustine, B. (Bobins). "Efficiency and stability studies for organic bulk heterojunction solar cells." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2016. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526214436.

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Abstract The qualitative and quantitative characteristics of each component layer constituting the structure of organic bulk heterojunction solar cells (OSC-BHJ) contribute significantly towards its overall performance. One of the prevalent issues resulting in reduced device efficiency is due to the conformational inhomogeneities in the active and buffer layers. The mechanical stress, extended thermal exposure and presence of mutually reactive component layers etc., affects negatively on the device stability. Effective methods to address these issues will be extensively benefited by the industry since the current commercialisation of the technology is hindered owing to the lower efficiency and stability of these devices. This dissertation focuses on methods to coherently enhance the performance and longevity of the OSC-BHJ devices. The efficiency enhancements of the devices in this work were achieved through two main routes. The first route was through morphological improvement of the active layer. The second route was through boosting the electrical characteristics of hole transporting conducting polymer layer (HTL) by controlled annealing conditions. The introduction of a suitable additive in the active layer was found to reduce unfavourable phase segregation thus resulting in enhanced morphology. Further, the annealing conditions in different atmospheres (air, nitrogen and vacuum) were found to have a clear influence on the optimum functioning of the HTL in the device. Regarding the stability improvement study done in this work, a method of employing suitable interlayer was developed to effectively abate the internal degradation occurring in the device due to etching reaction on the indium tin oxide (ITO) anode by the HTL. Moreover, experimental investigations were carried out for drawing fundamental understanding of stability degenerating issues such as the influence of mechanical defects on transparent conducting metal oxide (ITO) anode on the performance of the device and heat induced degradations in the low band gap polymer-fullerene active layer. The highlight of this research is that the discovered methods are inexpensive, efficient, and easy to adopt. The results of the study could help the technology to overcome some of its limitations and accelerate its progress towards commercialisation
Tiivistelmä Orgaanisten heteroliitosaurinkokennojen kerrosrakenteen ominaisuudet ja laatu vaikuttavat merkittävästi aurinkokennojen toiminnallisuuteen. Erityisesti rakenteelliset epähomogeenisuudet aktiivi- ja puskurikerroksissa heikentävät kennon hyötysuhdetta. Kennojen stabiilisuutta tarkasteltaessa myös mekaanisella rasituksella, pitkittyneellä lämpöaltistuksella ja materiaalien reagoinneilla keskenään kerrosten välillä, on selkeä negatiivinen vaikutus kennojen stabiilisuuteen. Orgaanisen aurinkokennoteknologian kaupallistamisen rajoitteina ovat kennojen heikko hyötysuhde ja stabiilisuus, joten menetelmät jotka tarjoavat ratkaisuja edellä mainittuihin ongelmiin, ovat erittäin tärkeitä teknologiaa kaupallistavalle teollisuudelle. Tämä väitöskirja keskittyy johdonmukaisesti selvittämään tapoja, joilla voidaan parantaa heteroliitosaurinkokennojen hyötysuhdetta ja elinikää. Hyötysuhteen tehostamiseksi valittiin kaksi eri lähestymistapaa, joista ensimmäisessä keskityttiin aktiivikerroksen morfologian parantamiseen ja toisessa aukkoja kuljettavan kerroksen sähköisten ominaisuuksien parantamiseen lämpökäsittelyprosessin avulla. Sopivan lisäaineen avulla aktiivikerroksen ei-toivottua kiteytymistä voidaan pienentää ja parantaa näin kerroksen morfologiaa. Lisäksi työssä todettiin, että lämpökäsittelyn aikaisella ympäristöolosuhteella (ilma, typpi, tyhjiö) on merkittävä vaikutus puskurikerroksen optimaaliseen toimintaan aurinkokennossa. Stabiilisuuden parantamiseksi kehitettiin välikerroksen hyödyntämiseen perustuva menetelmä, jolla voidaan tehokkaasti vähentää kennojen sisäisessä rakenteessa tapahtuvaa toiminnallisuuden heikkenemistä, joka aiheutuu aukkoja kuljettavan kerroksen syövyttävästä vaikutuksesta indiumtinaoksidi (ITO) pohjaiseen anodiin. Tämän lisäksi työssä tutkittiin kokeellisesti stabiilisuuteen heikentävästi vaikuttavia tekijöitä, kuten mekaanisen rasituksen aiheuttamia vaurioita metallioksidi (ITO) anodissa ja lämpöaltistuksesta aiheutuvia vikoja polymeeri-fullereeni rakenteeseen perustuvassa aktiivikerroksessa. Tutkimuksen keskeisin tulos on, että esitellyt keinot aurinkokennojen hyötysuhteen ja stabiilisuuden parantamiseen ovat edullisia, tehokkaita ja helppoja hyödyntää. Tulokset voivat merkittävästi edistää orgaanisten aurinkokennojen teknistä kehitystä ja kiihdyttää niiden tuloa kaupallisiksi tuotteiksi

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Lan, Weixia. "Light harvesting and charge collection in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2016. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/318.

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As a clean and non-exhaustible energy source, solar energy is becoming increasingly important in reducing energy prices and influencing the global climate change. Compared to the traditional inorganic solar cells, conjugated polymer-based organic solar cells (OSCs) have shown much promise as an alternative photovoltaic technology for producing solar cells on large scale at low-cost. However, despite the rapid progresses made in the development of new donor materials, fullerene derivatives and hybrid small molecule/polymer blends, the efficiency and stability of OSCs are still limitations on the potential applications. The performance of OSCs is primarily hampered by the limited light absorption, caused by the mismatch between light absorption depth and carrier transport scale, low carrier mobility and unstable electrode/organic interfacial properties. Improved utilization of light in solution-processed OSCs via different light trapping schemes is a promising approach. The feasibility of light trapping using surface plasmonic structures and textured surfaces to confine light more efficiently into OSCs has been demonstrated. However, plasmon excitations are localized only in the vicinity of metal/organic interface, while the absorption enhancement due to the textured surfaces improves light trapping irrespective of the wavelength. A generic approach towards improving light harvesting in the organic active layer thinner than optical absorption length is one of the key strategies to the success of OSCs. The aim of this PhD project is to undertake a comprehensive study to analyze broadband and omnidirectional light absorption enhancement in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) OSCs, to understand the dynamics of charge transport, charge recombination, charge collection, and to develop solutions to improve the stability of OSCs. In this work, the broadband light absorption enhancement in solution-processed BHJ OSCs is realized by incorporating 2-D photonic structures in the active layer, formed using a nano-imprinting method. The performance of photonic-structured OSCs and planar control cells, fabricated with the blend of poly[4,8-bis[(2-ethylhexyl)oxy]benzo[1,2-b:4,5-bA] dithiophene-2,6-diyl] [3-fluoro-2-[(2ethylhexyl) carbonyl] thieno[3,4-b]-thiophenediyl] (PTB7): [6,6]-phenyl-C70-butyric-acid-methyl-ester (PC70BM) is analyzed. By introducing the photonic structures with 500 nm structure period, the performance of structured OSCs is optimized by adjusting the structure height in the active layer. With the comparison of the current densityvoltage (JV) characteristics, the incident photon to charge carrier efficiency (IPCE) spectra and also the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) calculated electric field distributions, our results reveal that the photonic structures allow improving light absorption in PTB7:PC70BM layer, especially in the long wavelength region. It is shown that the photonic-structured OSCs possess a 6.15 % increase in power conversion efficiency (PCE) and a 7.53 % increase in short circuit current density (JSC) compared to that of a compositionally identical planar control cell. Light absorption in the 2-D photonic-structured OSCs is a function of the photonic structures and the optical properties of the active layer. The correlation between the choice of the photonic structures and the enhanced spectral response in photonic-structured OSCs is analysed systematically using theoretical simulation and experimental optimization. It is found that the integrated absorption of the active layer decreases slightly with increase in the period of the photonic structures. The results reveal that the photonic-structured OSCs exhibit a stronger absorption enhancement over a broader range of the angle of incident light. The incorporation of the appropriate periodic nano-structures in the active layer is apparently favourable for efficient cell operation as compared to light absorption in the planar control cells made with the same blend system, which decreases rapidly with an increase in the angle of the incident light. Omnidirectional and broadband light absorption enhancement observed in photonic-structured OSCs agrees well with the theoretical simulation. More than 11% increase in the PCE of photonic-structured OSCs is obtained compared to that of an optimized planar control cell, caused mainly by the absorption enhancement in the active layer. 2-D photonic structures allow achieving broadband absorption enhancement in OSCs over a wider range of the angle of the incident light from -45 deg to +45 deg with respect to the normal to the cell surface. For example, the higher light absorption in the active layer of photonic-structured OSCs, integrated over the visible light wavelength range from 380 nm to 780 nm, changes slightly from 70.1% (normal) to 67.7% (45 deg), remaining 96.6% of the absorption in the cells at the normal incidence. While for the control planar OSC, the integrated absorption follows a faster decrease from 66.2% (normal) to 62.2% (45 deg), revealing a quicker reduction in the absorption of the cells at an angle of the incident light away from the normal incidence. In addition to the absorption enhancement, charge transport, recombination and collection are also prominent factors for the efficient operation of OSCs. Thus, it is crucial to improve the understanding of these important processes and their impacts on the cell performance in order to design optimized device architectures. The charge recombination processes, the distribution of charge density under different operation conditions and charge collection at the organic/electrode interfaces in PTB7:PC70BM-based OSCs are studied systematically using a combination of theoretical calculation, transient photocurrent (TPC) measurements, morphology analyses and device optimization. The charge transport and recombination properties in the BHJ OSCs are investigated using the photo-induced charge extraction by linearly increasing voltage (Photo-CELIV) method. Combined with light intensity-dependent J--V characteristic and TPC measurements, it is shown that the use of the ZnO cathode interlayer has a profound effect on enhancing charge collection efficiency and thereby improving in the overall performance of OSCs. The origin of the improvement in the cell performance is mainly associated with improved electrical properties. The TPC results reveal that the presence of the ZnO interlayer helps to prevent the unfavourable interfacial exciton dissociation for achieving efficient charge collection at the active layer/electrode interface. Light intensity-dependent J--V characteristics and the photo-CELIV results support the findings in showing that the charge recombination at the organic/cathode interface can be effectively suppressed by inserting a thin ZnO cathode interlayer, leading to a significant improvement in the charge collection efficiency. A comprehensive study on the degradation mechanisms of solution-processed BHJ. OSCs has been performed. It is manifested that the suppression in bi-molecular recombination and enhancement in charge mobility, achieved through appropriate electrode modification, is one of the effective approaches for achieving stable and performance reproducible OSCs. The effect of the solution-processed anode interlayer, e.g. a mixture of MoO3 and Au nanoparticles (MoO3:Au NPs), on the performance of BHJ OSCs is also examined, with the aim to replace the acidic and hygroscopic poly(3,4-ethylenedioxylenethiophene): polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) hole extraction layer (HEL). A 14.3% enhancement in the PCE of OSCs with an anode interlayer of MoO3:Au NPs (7.78%) is obtained compared to that of the structurally identical devices with a pristine MoO3-based interlayer (6.72%), due to the simultaneous improvements in both JSC and fill factor (FF). The accelerated aging tests for as-prepared structurally identical OSCs fabricated with different HELs were carried out in the ambient condition. It is shown that the solution-processed MoO3:Au NPs and pristine MoO3 interlayers are superior to the frequently-used PEDOT:PSS HEL for efficient operation over the long-term. PCE of the MoO3-based OSCs maintains about 40% of their initial value, while a catastrophic failure in the control devices with a PEDOT:PSS HEL is observed after the accelerated aging test under the same condition, with a high relative humidity of 90% at room temperature for 180 min. The degradation behavior of different OSCs performed in the accelerated aging test correlates well with light-intensity JV characteristic and TPC measurements. The outcomes of this work help to the creation of device knowledge and process integration technologies for realization of high performance solution-processed OSCs. It is anticipated that the adoption of the affordable organic photovoltaic technology as one of the clean energy sources will contribute to the preservation of the environment.

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Tessarolo, Marta <1985&gt. "Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Materials Properties Device Stability And Performance." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/7266/1/Tesi_PhD_Marta_Tessarolo.pdf.

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In the field of Photovoltaic technologies the organic solar cells are particularly attractive because of their ease of processing, mechanical flexibility and potential low cost production techniques. So far, the reported efficiencies are not high enough to allow to be competitive in the market, however with the introduction of new photoactive materials, device architectures and light management structures, the power conversion efficiencies, at laboratory scale, has rapidly reached the 12%, showing a great potential and a bright future for organic solar cells. Nevertheless, in view of commercial products, two main problems are still unresolved: the relatively low performance of the modules and their lifetime. In sight of this, the present Ph.D thesis has a double goal: 1) a better understanding of the relationship between devices performance and photoactive materials structures 2) a deep investigation on device degradation processes, with particular attention on the effects induced by temperature and incident light. As a result, promising approaches to further optimize the polymer’s optoelectrial properties, and thus the corresponding device performance, are proposed. About the lifetime, first the thermal degradation mechanisms involved on the active layer was investigated and it has been demonstrated the role of the other layers and interfaces in the solar cell thermal stability. In this contest an innovative fast capacitance based thermal test has been developed in order to obtain information regarding the limit operating temperature above which the device becomes thermally unstable. In the end, a preliminary study on the photostability issue was carried out demostrating that the photodegradation of organic solar cells not depends just on the photostability of the donor polymer, but is connected also with the composition of the active layer solution and on the interaction with the adjacent layers. Solutions to limit or prevent the devices degradation processes are proposed.

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Tessarolo, Marta <1985&gt. "Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Materials Properties Device Stability And Performance." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/7266/.

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In the field of Photovoltaic technologies the organic solar cells are particularly attractive because of their ease of processing, mechanical flexibility and potential low cost production techniques. So far, the reported efficiencies are not high enough to allow to be competitive in the market, however with the introduction of new photoactive materials, device architectures and light management structures, the power conversion efficiencies, at laboratory scale, has rapidly reached the 12%, showing a great potential and a bright future for organic solar cells. Nevertheless, in view of commercial products, two main problems are still unresolved: the relatively low performance of the modules and their lifetime. In sight of this, the present Ph.D thesis has a double goal: 1) a better understanding of the relationship between devices performance and photoactive materials structures 2) a deep investigation on device degradation processes, with particular attention on the effects induced by temperature and incident light. As a result, promising approaches to further optimize the polymer’s optoelectrial properties, and thus the corresponding device performance, are proposed. About the lifetime, first the thermal degradation mechanisms involved on the active layer was investigated and it has been demonstrated the role of the other layers and interfaces in the solar cell thermal stability. In this contest an innovative fast capacitance based thermal test has been developed in order to obtain information regarding the limit operating temperature above which the device becomes thermally unstable. In the end, a preliminary study on the photostability issue was carried out demostrating that the photodegradation of organic solar cells not depends just on the photostability of the donor polymer, but is connected also with the composition of the active layer solution and on the interaction with the adjacent layers. Solutions to limit or prevent the devices degradation processes are proposed.

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Han, Tianyan. "Bulk heterojunction solar cells based on solution-processed triazatruxene derivatives." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017STRAD036/document.

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La conception de cellules solaires organiques de type hétérojonction en volume a été proposée pour la première fois en 1990. Ces dispositifs sont composés d’un mélange de polymères conjugués, donneurs d’électrons, et de fullerènes, accepteur d’électrons, et ont pour la première fois permis d’atteindre un rendement de conversion énergétique significatif (de l’ordre de 2%) avec des semi-conducteurs organiques. Dans ce contexte, cette thèse a porté sur l'étude approfondie d’une série de molécules donneurs d’électrons de forme d’haltère, dont le groupement planaire est l’unité triazatruxène (TAT) et le cœur déficient en électrons le thienopyrroledione (TPD). Les molécules de cette série se différencient par la nature des chaînes alkyles, attachées à l’unité centrale et aux unités TAT. Plus précisément, la relation entre la nature des chaînes latérales et les propriétés moléculaires et thermiques de ces molécules en forme d’haltère ont été étudiées en détail. L'impact des chaînes alkyles sur la morphologie en film mince à l’échelle nanométrique a également été étudié. Afin de mieux comprendre l’influence de la microstructure des films minces (constitués soit uniquement des molécules donneuses soit de mélanges molécules/fullerènes), le transport de charge dans le plan du film et perpendiculairement au plan ont été mesurées en fonction de la phase (amorphe, cristalline, …) du matériau. Des cellules solaires BHJ en mélange avec le dérivé de fullerène ont également été réalisées
The prospective conception of electron-donor/electron-acceptor (D/A) bulk heterojunction solar cells was first reported in 1990s, which blended the semiconducting polymer with fullerene derivatives, enhancing the power conversion efficiency. Since then, interests on this domain has been increasing continuously, and the efficiencies of BHJ solar cells have been increased dramatically. In this context, this thesis focuses on the study of a series of dumbbell-shaped small molecule donors, based on a highly planar unit called triazatruxene. The only difference between those molecules is the side-chains attached to central units and TAT units. As a consequence, the relationship between side chains nature and optoelectronic and structural properties of our TAT-based dumbbell-shaped molecular architecture will be investigated in detail. The impact of the alkyl chains on the molecular and thin film properties was also studied, with a particular emphasis put on microstructure and charge transport aspects. In-plane and out-of-plane charge carrier transport, with pure molecules and blend with fullerene, are measured in different systems. BHJ solar cells in blend with fullerene derivatives were also realized

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SALAMANDRA, LUIGI. "Organic photo-voltaic cells and photo-detectors based on polymer bulk-heterojunctions." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2108/1294.

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Negli ultimi decenni, l’uso dei materiali organici per la realizzazione di dispositive elettronici si è guadagnato l’attenzione di molti gruppi di ricercatori. Questo è dovuto principalmente alla possibilità di usare, con questi materiali, tecniche di fabbricazione a basso costo da fase liquida, adatte anche per lo sviluppo di dispositivi su supporto flessibile, e di poter modificare le proprietà dei materiali stessi secondo le esigenze di applicazione. Particolarmente in optoelettronica, l’uso di questi materiali per la realizzazione di sorgenti luminose (OLED, diodo organico emettitore di luce, o OTFL, laser organici a film sottile), foto-diodi e celle solari è stato già dimostrato. In questo contesto, la combinazione di differenti dispositivi organici potrebbe spianare la strada a nuove applicazioni nel campo della comunicazione dati, sensoristica, digitalizzazione di immagini ed energia solare rinnovabile. I dispositivi foto-voltaici a eterogiunzione-bulk di polimeri coniugati depositati da soluzione liquida rappresentano una promessa nel campo della conversione di energia solare e della comunicazione dati, grazie ad una efficienza di conversione fino al ~5%, e una risposta temporale ad una sorgente ottica a ~200KHz.
In the last few decades, the use of organic materials for the realization of electronic devices has gained the attention of many research groups. This is mainly due to the possibility to use low-cost techniques for fabrication as solution-processing, suitable also to flexible substrates, and to tailor the material properties for specific applications. In the field of optoelectronics, the use of such materials for the realization of light sources (OLED, Organic Light-Emitting Diode, or OTFL, Organic Thin-Film Lasers), photo-diodes and solar cells has already been demonstrated. In this context, the combination of different organic devices for integrated optical systems, can pave the way to new applications in the field of data communication, sensing application, imaging and solar energy. Conjugated polymer bulk-heterojunction photo-voltaic device made from blend solution could be a good promise for solar energy conversion and data communication purpose, with its solar conversion efficiencies up to ~5% and a time-resolved response of ~200KHz to an optical source.

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Schilinsky, Pavel. "Loss analysis of the power conversion efficiency of organic bulk heterojunction solar cells." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=975187546.

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Wu, Zhenghui. "Impact of metal oxide/bulk-heterojunction interface on performance of organic solar cells." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2015. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/159.

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Organic photovoltaics have shown much promise as an alternative photovoltaic technology for application in low-cost, large-scale and flexible solar cells. The application of metal oxides in organic solar cells (OSCs) and the impact of the properties of metal oxide/organic hetero-interfaces on cell performance have attracted a lot of attention. The metal oxide/organic interfaces have a crucial impact on interfacial charge transfer, charge collection and the overall device performance. This thesis is aimed at clarifying the principal interfacial phenomena occurring at the metal oxide/organic hetero-interfaces as well as effective engineering of those interfacial properties in OSCs. Photo-generated electrons and holes undergo different recombination processes, e.g., bimolecular recombination and trap-assisted recombination, before being collected by the electrodes in OSCs. Light intensity-dependent current densityvoltage (JV) characteristics of OSCs were analyzed to study the effect of recombination on charge collection efficiency. Effect of metal oxide/organic hetero-interfaces on charge transfers at organic/electrode interface was analyzed using transient photocurrent (TPC) measurements. Light intensity-dependent JV characteristics and TPC characteristics were applied to explore the charge recombination dynamics in OSCs with a metal oxide interlayer. This project concentrated on an in-depth investigation of the physics and the interface phenomena such as interfacial exciton dissociation, charge recombination processes, charge collection and interface engineering for high performing OSCs. The fundamentals about light intensity-dependent J-V characteristics for OSCs were summarized. The relationship between the charge recombination dynamics and light intensity-dependent J-V characteristics in OSCs were developed. Light intensity-dependent JSC, VOC and FF in OSCs made with different bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) systems of PTB7:PC70BM, PTB7-Th:PC70BM and PNB4:PC70BM were investigated. It is found that bimolecular recombination is the most prominent factor limiting the performance of OSCs. For freshly made OSCs fabricated based on the commercial polymers, e.g. PTB7 & PTB7-Th, and the new polymer PNB4 synthesized in-house, the trap-assisted charge recombination process in the BHJ active layer plays a relatively small role. This suggests that reducing the bimolecular recombination in OSCs through selecting proper materials and device structures is crucial for enhancing the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of OCSs. In this work, device structures which enable reducing bimolecular recombination in OSCs were investigated. The effect of ZnO interlayer at the interface between BHJ and Al cathode on the performance of PTB7:PC71BM based OSCs was studied by a combination of theoretical simulation and experimental characterization techniques, e.g., using light intensity-dependent JV characteristic and TPC measurements etc. It shows that ZnO interlayer has a profound effect on the performance of the PTB7:PC70BM-based OSCs, although it does not have a significant influence on the maximum absorptance in the active layer. The origin of the improvement in the cell performance is associated with the efficient charge collection due to the favorable exciton dissociation at the electrode/active layer interface. It is shown that the presence of the ZnO interlayer allows using a thinner active layer without moderating the absorption in the optically optimized control OSCs without the ZnO interlayer. OSCs with a ~10 nm thick ZnO interlayer are found to be favorable for the efficient charge collection, and thereby improving the cell performance. The TPC measurements also reveal that the dissociation of excitons at the metal/organic interface of regular OSCs hinders the electron collection. The unfavorable interfacial exciton dissociation can be removed by interposing a ZnO interlayer at the Al/organic interface, thus bimolecular recombination at the electrode/active layer interface can be reduced for improving the charge collection efficiency. PCE of the OSCs using ZnO interlayer was 6.5%, which is about 20% higher than a control cell (5.4%), having an identical device configuration without a ZnO interlayer. Solution-processed anode interlayer, a mixture of solution-processed MoOX and PEDOT:PSS, was adopted for application in inverted PTB7:PC71BM-based OSCs. The ratio of MoOX to PEDOT:PSS in the mixed solution was optimized for achieving the best cell performance. A PCE of 7.4% was obtained for OSCs with an optimal MoOX-PEDOT:PSS based interlayer, interposed between the BHJ active layer and Ag anode, which means 10% enhancement over the PCE of control cell made with an evaporated MoOX interlayer. Light intensity-dependent JV characteristics implied that the bimolecular recombination in OSCs with a MoOX-PEDOT:PSS interlayer was reduced. TPC measurements showed that the favorable exciton dissociation occurs at the organic/MoOX interface for the inverted OSCs. The favorable interfacial exciton dissociation generates an electrical field within a very small space near the interface, contributing significant additional photocurrent when the effective bias across the active layer in the OSCs is low, and thereby assisting in an efficient charge collection at the organic/electrode interface. In addition to the improvement in the cell performance, the solution-processed MoOX-PEDOT:PSS interlayer does not require a post-annealing treatment, which is beneficial for application in solution-processed tandem and flexible OSCs.

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Tang, Zheng. "Studies of Inverted Organic Solar Cells Fabricated by Doctor Blading Technique." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-54141.

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Over the last few decades, bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaic devices comprising an intimately mixed donor-acceptor blend have gained serious attention due to their potential for being cheap, light weight, flexible and environmentally friendly. In this thesis, APFO-3/PCBM bulk-heterojunction based organic photovoltaic devices with an inverted layer sequence were investigated systematically. Doctor blade coating is a technique that is roll-to-roll compatible and cost efficient and has been used to fabricate the solar cells.

Initial studies focused on optimization of the electrodes. A thin film of the conductive polymer PEDOT:PSS was chosen to be the transparent anode. Different PEDOT:PSS films with respect to the film thickness and deposition temperature were characterized in terms of conductivity and transmission. Decent conductance and transmittance were obtained in the films deposited with wet film thickness setting of 35 μm, The cathode was fabricated from a metal bilayer comprising Al and Ti with an area about 1 cm², and the best-working cathodes contained a 70 nm thick Al layer covered by a thin Ti layer of about 10 -15 nm.

Optimized coating temperature and wet film thickness settings for the active layer and PEDOT:PSS layer were experimentally determined. The highest efficiency of the APFO-3/PCBM based inverted solar cells fabricated by doctor blading was 0.69%, which exceeded the efficiency of spin-coated inverted cells.

A higher efficiency (0.8 %) was achieved by adding a small amount of high molecular weight polystyrene to the active layer. Morphological changes after adding of the polystyrene were observed by optical microscopy and AFM. A coating temperature dependent phase separation of the APFO-3/PCBM/polystyrene blend was found.

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Badilla, Dennis Gerardo Brenes. "IMPROVEMENT OF BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS TROUGH AU ION IMPLANTATION INTO PEDOT:PSS LAYER." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/43/43134/tde-27012015-172732/.

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Organic solar cells show great potential to become a commercially available technology for renewable clean energy production due to their attractive properties. Inexpensive materials and manufacturing processes, including classical roll-to-roll fabrication, as well as the ability to produce flexible, low weight, semitransparent devices are some of the advantages organic photovoltaics provide. Addressing the most common issues in these new technologies, i.e., the low efficiencies of devices and rapid degradation of materials, could bring a realistic alternative for the photovoltaic industry. In this work, the performance of P3HT:PCBM based bulk heterojunction solar cells modified through low energy gold ion implantation in the hole transporting layer, the PEDOT:PSS, is studied. Reference solar cells without gold were also fabricated and characterized for comparison. Through field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) micrographs, the formation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in the PEDOT:PSS has been shown layer for the highest implantation doses used. Absorbance measurements of PEDOT:PSS films before and after gold implantation further confirmed this result. TRIDYN and SRIM simulation programs estimated shallow gold implantations of ~3 nm underneath the PEDOT:PSS films surface. Current-voltage (JxV) characteristics of reference solar cells under AM 1.5 illumination presented the uncommon S-shaped curves, an abnormal deviation from typical JxV curves. This was attributed to PEDOT:PSS degradation due to oxygen and water exposure, which reduced its work function significantly. As a result, deteriorated parallel and series resistances were obtained in reference devices, which ultimately reduced their field factors and power conversion efficiencies. This abnormal behavior was consistently eliminated with the introduction of AuNPs near the PEDOT:PSS/Active-layer interface, leading to the rectification of the illuminated JxV curves of modified solar cells and the reestablishment of cell parameters. Consequently, outstanding improvements in the field factors and power conversion efficiencies were observed in these devices. This was attributed to enhancement (and prevention from the reduction) of the PEDOT:PSS work function layer due to the presence of AuNPs, which rearranged the energy levels at the interface to a more favorable state: higher electron blocking and lower hole extraction barriers.
Células solares orgânicas têm mostrado grande potencial para se tornar uma alternativa tecnológica na produção de energia limpa e renovável. Baixo custo dos materiais e dos processos de manufatura, e a possibilidade de fabricar dispositivos com baixo peso, flexibilidade e semitransparência, inclusive pelo método clássico de roll-to-roll, são algumas das vantagens oferecidas pela fotovoltaica orgânica. Resolver os problemas mais comuns destes dispositivos, como a baixa eficiência na conversão de energia e a rápida degradação dos materiais, é necessário para sua disponibilização no mercado fotovoltaico atual. Neste trabalho, células solares de heterojunção volumétrica baseadas no polímero P3HT e modificadas através da implantação de íons de ouro de baixa energia na camada de PEDOT:PSS são estudadas. Dispositivos equivalentes sem modificação de ouro também foram fabricados e caracterizados como referência. Imagens obtidas através de um microscópio eletrônico de varredura por emissão de campo (FESEM Field Emission Scannig Electron Microscopy) mostraram a formação de nanopartículas de ouro (AuNPs) na camada de PEDOT:PSS para as doses de implantação mais elevadas. Medidas do espectro de absorbância dos filmes de PEDOT:PSS antes e depois da implantação de ouro confirmam este resultado. Simulações feitas com os softwares TRIDYN e SRIM estimaram o ouro implantado em u ma profundidade de ~3 nm abaixo da superfície do PEDOT:PSS. As curvas de corrente-tensão (JxV) características das células solares de referência sob iluminação AM 1.5 mostraram um comportamento de forma S, que corresponde a um desvio da forma típica das curvas JxV. Isto foi atribuído à degradação dos filmes de PEDOT:PSS devido à exposição ao oxigênio e à água, que reduz sua função trabalho significativamente. Como resultado, deterioraram-se as resistências em paralelo e em série destes dispositivos, o que em última instância, reduziu o Field Factor (FF) e a eficiência na conversão de energia. Este comportamento anormal foi eliminado de forma consistente após a introdução de AuNPs perto da interface PEDOT:PSS/Camada-Ativa. As curvas JxV das células solares modificadas sob iluminação foram retificadas e os valores dos seus parâmetros restabelecidos. Melhorias notáveis no FF e eficiência de conversão de energia foram obtidas para todas as células solares modificadas. Isto foi atribuído ao aumento da função trabalho da camada de PEDOT:PSS pela presença das AuNPs, que reorganizou os níveis de energia na interface para um estado mais favorável: com barreiras de potencial otimizadas para bloquear a extração de elétrons e favorecer a de buracos.

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Lee, Jae-Hyeong. "Studies on Coating Process for Organic/Inorganic Thin-Films for Photovoltaics." Kyoto University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/188819.

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Bürckstümmer, Hannah [Verfasser], and Frank Würthner [Akademischer Betreuer]. "Merocyanine dyes for solution-processed organic bulk heterojunction solar cells / Hannah Bürckstümmer. Betreuer: Frank Würthner." Würzburg : Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Würzburg, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1029974284/34.

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Chen, Song. "Design, synthesis and characterization of A-D-A structural porphyrin small molecules for bulk heterojunction organic solar cell applications." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2017. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/477.

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Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells (BHJ OSCs) have been recognized as one of the most promising next generation green technology alternatives to inorganic solar cells because of the low-cost, lightweight, flexibility. Specifically, the use of small molecules instead of polymers as donors in BHJ OSC have been developed very fast recently because small molecules can be facilely synthesized and easily purified, and have a determined molecular structure without batch-to-batch variations. To date, those among the most efficient small molecules were constructed as acceptor-donor-acceptor (A-D-A) structural configuration from electron-rich units such as benzodithiophene (BDT), dithienosilole (DTS), oligothiophene units, and electron-deficient units such as benzothiadiazole (BT), diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP), isoindigo (IID) and perylenediimide (PDI). Surprisingly, porphyrins were rarely studied either in polymers or π-conjugated small molecules as donor materials, though they have unique chemistry together with excellent photochemical and electrochemical properties, such as facile functionalization of the periphery and the variation of the central atom (metal ions), strong UV-visible absorption, ultrafast photoinduced charge separation in porphyrin-fullerene systems. In this research work, we design, synthesize and characterize new porphyrin-based small molecules with acceptor-donor-acceptor (A-D-A) configuration for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells, and investigate their structure-property relationships, specifically the effect of peripheral and backbone alkyl side-chains, π-conjugated linkers as well as electron-deficient ending units on the charge mobility, film morphology and solar cell performances. In Chapter 1, a general review on the historic and recent development of BHJ OSCs was given first, including the major components and working principle of OSC, the versatile organic semiconductors and their performances in OSCs. In chapter 2, six A-D-A structural porphyrin small molecules were designed and synthesized, in which different peripheral alkyl substitutions are attached to the meso-position of porphyrin core (CS-I, CS-II, CS-III, CS-4, CS-5 and CS-6), and 3-ethylrhodanine is used as terminal group. Their UV-visible absorption in solid, energy level, blend film morphology, charge mobility and cell performance are dependent on the different peripheral substitutions. The active layer consists of these six small molecules as donor materials and PC71BM as the acceptor material with an optimized film thickness. Although all six molecules show similar optical spectrum in solutions, the introduction of linear alkyl side chains can promote thin-film nanostructural order, especially shown to shorten π-π stacking distances between backbones and increase the correlation lengths of both π-π stacking and lamellar spacing, leading to higher efficiency in this serial. Among them, the highest power conversion efficiency of 9.09% has been achieved by CS-4 based devices. In chapter 3, another two new A-D-A porphyrin small molecules (PTTR and PTTCNR) have been developed, which are similar in structure to CS-I, II and III, except that the linker is phenylethynyl in CS-I, II and III, whereas it is terthiophenylethynyl in PTTR and PTTCNR. The highest power conversion efficiency of 8.21% is achieved by PTTCNR, corresponding to a JSC of 14.30 mA cm−2, VOC of 0.82 V, and FF of 70.01%. The excellent device performances can be ascribed to the conjugated structure of porphyrin with 3,3''-dihexyl-terthiophene and the aliphatic 2-octylundecyl peripheral substitutions, which not only effectively increase the solar flux coverage between the conventional Soret and Q bands of porphyrin unit, but also optimize molecular packing through polymorphism associated with side-chain and the π-conjugated backbones, and form the blend films with [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) characteristics of bi-continuous, interpenetrating networks required for efficient charge separation and transportation.;In chapter 4, we designed and synthesized a new dimeric porphyrin donor molecule (CS-DP) containing A-π2-D-π1-D-π2-A architecture by coupling of two zinc porphyrin cores through ethynyl linker. Interestingly, it can harvests the photons up to deep near-infrared (NIR) region in the absorption spectrum. From the past decades, it has been found that developing donor molecules with the absorption spectral in NIR region is a challenging key factor to get the high performance BHJ OSCs. Solar cell devices employing CS-DP as a donor exhibit a highest power conversion efficiency of 8.23%, corresponding to JSC = 15.14 mA cm-2, VOC = 0.781 mV and FF = 69.8% under AM 1.5G solar radiation. The high efficiency of this molecule is attributed to a panchromatic IPCE action spectrum from 300 nm to 1000 nm. Also, this performance is best for the reported deep NIR organic solar cells based on single small molecule and PC71BM system so far. We envision that this new small bandgap dimeric porphyrin is very promising to use in ternary and multi-junction applications as well as NIR photodetectors. In chapter 5, a series of new A-D-A structural porphyrin small molecules (CS-10, CS-11 and CS-12) have been prepared, that contain the same meso-thienyl-thioalkyl substituted porphyrin core and 3-ethylrhodanine ending unit, but varies with different numbers of phenylethynyl linker. Using them as donors for solution-processed organic solar cells, the device based on CS-10 featuring single phenyl ethynyl π-linker exhibits high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 7.0%. The results indicate that meso-thienyl-thioalkyl substitution and controlled π-linker length is beneficial to tune the optoelectronic properties, film morphology and consequently performance of porphyrin-based BHJ OSCs. In chapter 6, two symmetrical tetra-meso-substituted porphyrin molecules (ZnP and CuP) have been prepared in gram-scale through the direct condensation of pyrrole and 4-[bis(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]benzaldehyde. Its Zn(II) and Cu(II) complexes exhibit excellent thermal and electrochemical stability, specifically, high hole mobility and very favorable energetics for hole extraction that render them attractive for implementation as new hole transporting materials in organometallic halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs). As expected, the use of ZnP as HTM in PSCs affords a competitive PCE of 17.78%, which is comparable to the most powerful HTM of Spiro-OMeTAD (18.59%) under the same working conditions. Meanwhile, the metal centers affect somewhat the photovoltaic performances that CuP as HTM produces a relative lower PCE of 15.36%. Notably, the perovskite solar cells employing ZnP show longer stability than that of Spiro-OMeTAD. Moreover, the two porphyrin-based HTMs can be prepared from relatively cheap raw materials with a facile synthetic route. The results demonstrate that ZnP and CuP can be a new class of HTMs for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest performance for porphyrin-based perovskite solar cells with PCE > 17%. The dissertation was completed with conclusions and outlooks in chapter 7.

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Bolognesi, Margherita. "Organic bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic devices: materials, device architectures and interfacial processes." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/128202.

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Research on organic photovoltaic devices (OPV) has developed during the past 30 years, but especially in the last decade it has attracted scientific and economic interest triggered by a rapid increase in power conversion efficiencies. Thanks to the indtroduction of the bulk heterojunction (BHJ) concept, today BHJ OPV efficiencies are exceeding 9%. This thesis gives an overview on the different possible strategies that could be adopted for a further. improvement of BHJ OPV devices performances. The accurate analysis of the chemical, energetic and physical criteria governing the solar cells functioning allowed to individuate some critical aspects and apply possible solutions by a fine tuning of the materials chemical structures, device processing techniques and device architecture engineering. Even though noit in all cases the applied strategy successfully led to device efficiency improvements, the fundamental understanding of some of the efficiency limiting factors could serve as useful scientific basis for future developments.

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Zhang, Chaohong [Verfasser], and Christoph [Gutachter] Brabec. "Influence of Microstructure on Thermo- and Photo-stability in Organic Bulk-heterojunction Solar Cell / Chaohong Zhang ; Gutachter: Christoph Brabec." Erlangen : Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 2018. http://d-nb.info/1150967692/34.

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Ibraikulov, Olzhas. "Bulk heterojunction solar cells based on low band-gap copolymers and soluble fullerene derivatives." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016STRAD046/document.

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La structure chimique des semiconducteurs organiques utilisés dans les cellules photovoltaïques à base d’hétérojonction en volume peut fortement influencer les performances du dispositif final. Pour cette raison, une meilleure compréhension des relations structure-propriétés demeure cruciale pour l’amélioration des performances. Dans ce contexte, cette thèse fait état d'études approfondies du transport des charges, de la morphologie et des propriétés photovoltaïques sur de nouveaux copolymères à faible bande interdite. En premier lieu, l'impact de la position des chaînes alkyles sur les propriétés opto-électroniques et morphologiques a été étudié sur une famille de polymères. Les mesures du transport de charges ont montré que la planéité du squelette du copolymère influe sur l’évolution de la mobilité des charges avec la concentration de porteurs libres. Ce comportement suggère que le désordre énergétique électronique est fortement impacté par les angles de torsion intramoléculaire le long de la chaîne conjuguée. Un second copolymère à base d'unités accepteur de [2,1,3] thiadiazole pyridique, dont les niveaux d’énergie des orbitales frontières sont optimales pour l’application photovoltaïque, a ensuite été étudié. Les performances obtenues en cellule photovoltaïque sont très inférieures aux attentes. Des analyses de la morphologie et du transport de charge ont révélé que l’orientation des lamelles cristallines est défavorable au transport perpendiculaire au film organique et empêche ainsi une bonne extraction des charges photo-générées. Enfin, les propriétés opto-électroniques et photovoltaïques de copolymères fluorés ont été étudiées. Dans ce cas, les atomes de fluor favorisent la formation de lamelles orientées favorablement pour le transport. Ces bonnes propriétés nous ont permis d'atteindre un rendement de conversion de puissance de 9,8% avec une simple hétérojonction polymère:fullerène
The chemical structure of organic semiconductors that are utilized in bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells may strongly influence the final device performances. Thus, better understanding the structure-property relationships still remains a major task towards high efficiency. Within this framework, this thesis reports in-depth material investigations including charge transport, morphology and photovoltaic studies on various novel low band-gap copolymers. First, the impact of alkyl side chains on the opto-electronic and morphological properties has been studied on a series of polymers. Detailed charge transport investigations showed that a planar conjugated polymer backbone leads to a weak dependence of the charge carrier mobility on the carrier concentration. This observation points out that the intra-molecular torsion angle contributes significantly to the electronic energy disorder. Solar cells using another novel copolymer based on pyridal[2,1,3]thiadiazole acceptor unit have been studied in detail next. Despite the almost ideal frontier molecular orbital energy levels, this copolymer did not perform in solar cells as good as expected. A combined investigation of the thin film microstructure and transport properties showed that the polymers self-assemble into a lamellar structure with polymer chains being oriented preferentially “edge-on”, thus hindering the out-of-plane hole transport and leading to poor charge extraction. Finally, the impact of fluorine atoms in fluorinated polymers on the opto-electronic and photovoltaic properties has been investigated. In this case, the presence of both flat-lying and standing lamellae enabled efficient charge transport in all three directions. As a consequence, good charge extraction was possible and allowed us to achieve a maximum power conversion efficiency of 9.8%

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WU, DEZHEN. "Magnetic Field Effects Induced by Incorporation of Magnetic Nanoparticles on Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1525107259345629.

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Baumann, Andreas [Verfasser], and Vladimir [Akademischer Betreuer] Dyakonov. "Charge Transport and Recombination Dynamics in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells / Andreas Baumann. Betreuer: Vladimir Dyakonov." Würzburg : Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Würzburg, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1014891965/34.

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Watters, Darren C. "Characterisation and optimisation of donor-acceptor conjugated copolymers for applications in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2014. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/6306/.

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This thesis describes the development of donor-acceptor conjugated copolymer fullerene blends for applications in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells. The characterisation of the optoelectronic properties of the blends as well as the optimisation of such materials into organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices is described. The use of a composite cathode structure (in which a thin layer of calcium is backed by an optically thick layer of aluminium) for OPV application is presented. It is shown that this cathode structure optimise the power conversion efficiencies of PCDTBT based OPVs. The optimisation of the cathode structure was confirmed using a reflectivity model that described the electromagnetic field within the OPV devices. The solubility of a number of polymers was increased ising octyloxy side-chain substituents with device optimisation studies indicating the necessity of a thermal annealing treatment to fully optimise device performance. Selenophene based conjugated polymers were also investigated that had red-shifted absorption characteristics compared to comparable thiophene based materials. Despite a reduction in the optical energy gap, it was found that these polymers exhibited a lower molar absorption coefficient and reduced hole mobility, features that ultimately lead to poorer device performance. One selenophene polymer however was shown to have similar power conversion efficiency compared with its thiophene equivalent. Fluorene based copolymers were also investigated and were shown to result in efficient OPV devices through an increase in the device open-circuit voltage. Finally, a conjugated polymer containing a fluorene unit together with additional thiophene moieties and octyloxy substituents was characterised. OPV devices were prepared using a simple preparation method with power conversion efficiencies demonstrated exceeding 6%.

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Kaller, Kayden. "Aspects of Photovoltaic Systems: Study and Simulation of Silicon Phthalocyanine Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells and Monochromatic Photonic Power Converters." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/42626.

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This thesis discusses two different photovoltaic systems, organic solar cells, and photonic power converters. The open-source software package Solcore was used to simulate and analyze optoelectronic properties of both systems. It is widely accepted that the transition from a fossil-fuel driven economy is necessary in the coming future. Organic solar cells are an alternative energy generation method with potential for fast energetic and economic payback periods. Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells are a common design, as they have particularly low manufacturing costs due to a simple device architecture. In this work, two bulk heterojunction blends are experimentally assessed using the acceptor molecule silicon phthalocyanine (bis(tri-n-butyl silyl oxide) silicon phthalocyanine ((3BS)2-SiPc) as a potential low-cost non-fullerene alternative to the typical acceptor [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC₆₁BM). These acceptors are compared within blends with the typical donor compound poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), and also poly[(2,6-(4,8-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-2-yl)-benzo [1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophene))-alt-(5,5-(1′,3′-di-2- thienyl-5′,7′-bis(2-ethylhexyl)benzo[1′,2′-c:4′,5′-c’]dithiophene-4,8-dione)] (PBDB-T). Device performance was assessed under standard conditions, increased angles of incidence, and reduced light intensities. Devices with the P3HT:(3BS)2-SiPc blend achieved a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 3.6%, which outperformed P3HT:PC₆₁BM devices with a PCE of 3.0% due to a higher open-circuit voltage (VOC) of 0.76 V as opposed to 0.53 V. The PBDB-T:(3BS)2-SiPc achieved a high VOC of 1.09 V, but had a lower PCE of 3.4% in relation to the PBDB-T:PC₆₁BM device with a PCE of 6.4% and a VOC of 0.78 V. Photonic power converters are devices in optical networks that allow for optical power transmission rather than the conventional method of electrical power transmission. This provides benefits such as electrical isolation and resistance to electromagnetic interference, along with the ability to propagate along the same cable as data. These power converters are used to convert optical power to electrical power, and operate similarly to a solar cell with a narrow bandwidth. Multijunction designs are often used for increased operating voltage and efficiency. In such designs employing a vertical architecture, the bottom-most junction has the largest thickness along with the lowest efficiency due to increased recombination losses. To improve this lower efficiency, light trapping techniques can be employed to decrease the junction thickness while retaining the optical thickness. In this work, a current-matched 5- junction GaAs photonic power converter was simulated with both metallic and distributed Bragg reflectors at the rear of the device. These reflectors allowed for the thinning of the bottommost junction, which resulted in an increase in efficiency and overall power output of the power converter.

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Tress, Wolfgang. "Device Physics of Organic Solar Cells." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-89501.

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This thesis deals with the device physics of organic solar cells. Organic photovoltaics (OPV) is a field of applied research which has been growing rapidly in the last decade leading to a current record value of power-conversion efficiency of 10 percent. One major reason for this boom is a potentially low-cost production of solar modules on flexible (polymer) substrate. Furthermore, new application are expected by flexible or semitransparent organic solar cells. That is why several OPV startup companies were launched in the last decade. Organic solar cells consist of hydrocarbon compounds, deposited as ultrathin layers (some tens of nm) on a substrate. Absorption of light leads to molecular excited states (excitons) which are strongly bound due to the weak interactions and low dielectric constant in a molecular solid. The excitons have to be split into positive and negative charges, which are subsequently collected at different electrodes. An effective dissociation of excitons is provided by a heterojunction of two molecules with different frontier orbital energies, such that the electron is transfered to the (electron) acceptor and the positive charge (hole) remains on the donor molecule. This junction can be realized by two distinct layers forming a planar heterojunction or by an intermixed film of donor and acceptor, resulting in a bulk heterojunction. Electrodes are attached to the absorber to collect the charges by providing an ohmic contact in the optimum case. This work focuses on the electrical processes in organic solar cells developing and employing a one-dimensional drift-diffusion model. The electrical model developed here is combined with an optical model and covers the diffusion of excitons, their separation, and the subsequent transport of charges. In contrast to inorganics, charge-carrier mobilities are low in the investigated materials and charge transport is strongly affected by energy barriers at the electrodes. The current-voltage characteristics (J-V curve) of a solar cell reflect the electrical processes in the device. Therefore, the J-V curve is selected as means of comparison between systematic series of simulation and experimental data. This mainly qualitative approach allows for an identification of dominating processes and provides microscopic explanations. One crucial issue, as already mentioned, is the contact between absorber layer and electrode. Energy barriers lead to a reduction of the power-conversion efficiency due to a decrease in the open-circuit voltage or the fill factor by S-shaped J-V curve (S-kink), which are often observed for organic solar cells. It is shown by a systematic study that the introduction of deliberate barriers for charge-carrier extraction and injection can cause such S-kinks. It is explained by simulated electrical-field profiles why also injection barriers lead to a reduction of the probability for charge-carrier extraction. A pile-up of charge carriers at an extraction barrier is confirmed by measurements of transient photocurrents. In flat heterojunction solar cells an additional reason for S-kinks is found in an imbalance of electron and hole mobilities. Due to the variety of reasons for S-kinks, methods and criteria for a distinction are proposed. These include J-V measurements at different temperatures and of samples with varied layer thicknesses. Most of the studies of this this work are based on experimental data of solar cells comprisiing the donor dye zinc phthalocyanine and the acceptor fullerene C60. It is observed that the open-circuit voltage of these devices depends on the mixing ratio of ZnPc:C60. A comparison of experimental and simulation data indicates that the reason is a changed donor-acceptor energy gap caused by a shift of the ionization potential of ZnPc. A spatial gradient in the mixing ratio of a bulk heterojunction is also investigated as a donor(acceptor)-rich mixture at the hole(electron)-collecting contact is supposed to assist charge extraction. This effect is not observed, but a reduction of charge-carrier losses at the “wrong” electrode which is seen at an increase in the open-circuit voltage. The most important intrinsic loss mechanism of a solar cell is bulk recombination which is treated at the example of ZnPc:C60 devices in the last part of this work. An examination of the dependence of the open-circuit voltage on illumination intensity shows that the dominating recombination mechanism shifts from trap-assisted to direct recombination for higher intensities. A variation of the absorption profile within the blend layer shows that the probability of charge-carrier extraction depends on the locus of charge-carrier generation. This results in a fill factor dependent on the absorption profile. The reason is an imbalance in charge-carrier mobilities which can be influenced by the mixing ratio. The work is completed by a simulation study of the influence of charge-carrier mobilities and different recombination processes on the J-V curve and an identification of a photoshunt dominating the experimental linear photocurrent-voltage characteristics in reverse bias
Diese Dissertation beschäftigt sich mit der Physik organischer Solarzellen. Die organische Photovoltaik ist ein Forschungsgebiet, dem in den letzten zehn Jahren enorme Aufmerksamkeit zu Teil wurde. Der Grund liegt darin, dass diese neuartigen Solarzellen, deren aktueller Rekordwirkungsgrad bei 10 Prozent liegt, ein Potential für eine kostengünstige Produktion auf flexiblem (Polymer)substrat aufweisen und aufgrund ihrer Vielfältigkeit neue Anwendungsbereiche für die Photovoltaik erschließen. Organische Solarzellen bestehen aus ultradünnen (einige 10 nm) Schichten aus Kohlenwasserstoffverbindungen. Damit der photovoltaische Effekt genutzt werden kann, müssen die durch Licht angeregten Molekülzustände zu freien Ladungsträgern führen, wobei positive und negative Ladung an unterschiedlichen Kontakten extrahiert werden. Für eine effektive Trennung dieser stark gebundenden lokalisierten angeregten Zustände (Exzitonen) ist eine Grenzfläche zwischen Molekülen mit unterschiedlichen Energieniveaus der Grenzorbitale erforderlich, sodass ein Elektron auf einem Akzeptor- und eine positive Ladung auf einem Donatormolekül entstehen. Diese Grenzschicht kann als planarer Heteroübergang durch zwei getrennte Schichten oder als Volumen-Heteroübergang in einer Mischschicht realisiert werden. Die Absorberschichten werden durch Elektroden kontaktiert, wobei es für effiziente Solarzellen erforderlich ist, dass diese einen ohmschen Kontakt ausbilden, da ansonsten Verluste zu erwarten sind. Diese Arbeit behandelt im Besonderen die elektrischen Prozesse einer organischen Solarzelle. Dafür wird ein eindimensionales Drift-Diffusionsmodell entwickelt, das den Transport von Exzitonen, deren Trennung an einer Grenzfläche und die Ladungsträgerdynamik beschreibt. Abgesehen von den Exzitonen gilt als weitere Besonderheit einer organischen Solarzelle, dass sie aus amorphen, intrinsischen und sehr schlecht leitfähigen Absorberschichten besteht. Elektrische Effekte sind an der Strom-Spannungskennlinie (I-U ) sichtbar, die in dieser Arbeit als Hauptvergleichspunkt zwischen experimentellen Solarzellendaten und den Simulationsergebnissen dient. Durch einen weitgehend qualitativen Vergleich können dominierende Prozesse bestimmt und mikroskopische Erklärungen gefunden werden. Ein wichtiger Punkt ist der schon erwähnte Kontakt zwischen Absorberschicht und Elektrode. Dort auftretende Energiebarrieren führen zu einem Einbruch im Solarzellenwirkungsgrad, der sich durch eine Verringerung der Leerlaufspanung und/oder S-förmigen Kennlinien (S-Knick) bemerkbar macht. Anhand einer systematischen Studie der Grenzfläche Lochleiter/Donator wird gezeigt, dass Energiebarrieren sowohl für die Ladungsträgerextraktion als auch für die -injektion zu S-Knicken führen können. Insbesondere die Tatsache, dass Injektionsbarrieren sich auch negativ auf den Photostrom auswirken, wird anhand von simulierten Ladungsträger- und elektrischen Feldprofilen erklärt. Das Aufstauen von Ladungsträgern an Extraktionsbarrieren wird durch Messungen transienter Photoströme bestätigt. Da S-Knicke in organischen Solarzellen im Allgemeinen häufig beobachtet werden, werden weitere Methoden vorgeschlagen, die die Identifikation der Ursachen ermöglichen. Dazu zählen I-U Messungen in Abhängigkeit von Temperatur und Schichtdicken. Als eine weitere Ursache von S-Knicken werden unausgeglichene Ladungsträgerbeweglichkeiten in einer Solarzelle mit flachem Übergang identifiziert und von den Barrierefällen unterschieden. Weiterer Forschungsgegenstand dieser Arbeit sind Mischschichtsolarzellen aus dem Donator-Farbstoff Zink-Phthalozyanin ZnPc und dem Akzeptor Fulleren C60. Dort wird beobachtet, dass die Leerlaufspannung vom Mischverhältnis abhängt. Ein Vergleich von Experiment und Simulation zeigt, dass sich das Ionisationspotenzial von ZnPc und dadurch die effektive Energielücke des Mischsystems ändern. Zusätzlich zu homogenen Mischschichten werden Solarzellen untersucht, die einen Gradienten im Mischungsverhältnis aufweisen. Die Vermutung liegt nahe, dass ein hoher Donatorgehalt am Löcherkontakt und ein hoher Akzeptorgehalt nahe des Elektronenkontakts die Ladungsträgerextraktion begünstigen. Dieser Effekt ist in dem hier untersuchten System allerdings vergleichsweise irrelevant gegenüber der Tatsache, dass der Gradient das Abfließen bzw. die Rekombination von Ladungsträgern am “falschen” Kontakt reduziert und somit die Leerlaufspannung erhöht. Der wichtigste intrinsische Verlustmechanismus einer Solarzelle ist die Rekombination von Ladungsträgern. Diese wird im letzten Teil der Arbeit anhand der ZnPc:C60 Solarzelle behandelt. Messungen der Leerlaufspannung in Abhängigkeit von der Beleuchtungsintensität zeigen, dass sich der dominierende Rekombinationsprozess mit zunehmender Intensität von Störstellenrekombination zu direkter Rekombination von freien Ladungsträgern verschiebt. Eine gezielte Variation des Absorptionsprofils in der Absorberschicht zeigt, dass die Ladungsträgerextraktionswahrscheinlickeit vom Ort der Ladungsträgergeneration abhängt. Dieser Effekt wird hervorgerufen durch unausgeglichene Elektronen- und Löcherbeweglichkeiten und äußert sich im Füllfaktor. Weitere Simulationsergebnisse bezüglich des Einflusses von Ladungsträgerbeweglichkeiten und verschiedener Rekombinationsmechanismen auf die I-U Kennlinie und die experimentelle Identifikation eines Photoshunts, der den Photostrom in Rückwärtsrichtung unter Beleuchtung dominiert, runden die Arbeit ab

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Cho, Eunkyung. "Determination via computational modeling of the structure-properties relationships in intercalated polymer:fullerene blends found in bulk-heterojunction solar cells." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45902.

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In bulk-heterojunction solar cells, device performance is influenced by both the intrinsic properties of the individual components - typically conjugated polymers and fullerene derivatives - and how they assemble and interact at their interface. The ability of fullerene to intercalate within the side-chains of a conjugated polymer can significantly affect the microstructure and overall device performance. Here, a series of computational chemistry approaches are applied to investigate the relationships between structure and property in intercalated polymer:fullerene blend. Using a combination of molecular mechanics (MM) calculation and simulations of 2D grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXD) patterns, we have determined the molecular packing configuration of poly (2,5-bis (3-tetradecyl thiophene-2-yl) thieno[3,2-b]thiophene) (PBTTT-C₁₄) and a blend of PBTTT-C₁₄ and [6,6]-phenyl-C₇₁-butyric acid methyl ester (PC₇₁BM). Based on the confirmed packing structures, the electronic properties and morphological disorder were examined using density functional theory (DFT) and molecular dynamics (MD) calculations, respectively; we also investigated the intermolecular interaction energies behind the structure formation. Finally, we examined the vibrational, redox, and optical properties of the pristine polymer and a series of fullerene derivatives to understand the characteristic modes related to the various charged states of the systems.

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Kern, Julia [Verfasser], and Vladimir [Gutachter] Dyakonov. "Field Dependence of Charge Carrier Generation in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells / Julia Kern. Gutachter: Vladimir Dyakonov." Würzburg : Universität Würzburg, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1108780598/34.

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Heumueller, Thomas [Verfasser], and Christoph [Gutachter] Brabec. "Impact of Microstructure on the Photostability of Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells / Thomas Heumueller ; Gutachter: Christoph Brabec." Erlangen : Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 2016. http://d-nb.info/1128401584/34.

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Bergqvist, Jonas. "Microstructure and Temperature Stability of APFO-3:PCBM Organic Photovoltaic Blends." Thesis, Linköping University, Biomolecular and Organic Electronics, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-58559.

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In this thesis, the microstructure of organic photovoltaic APFO-3:PC₆₁BM bulk-heterojunction blends was examined. Earlier studies have focused on the microstructure after spin coating. This thesis aims to give a better insight into microstructural degradation as the films are annealed above the glass transition temperature, T_g, and the mixture approaches thermodynamic equilibrium. Electro- and photoluminescence studies indicate that the polymer and PC₆₁BM are intermixed on a scale shorter than the exciton diffusion length of 10 nm, even when annealed above T_g. The temperature stability of APFO-3:PC₆₁BM was also investigated with respect to the molecular weight of the polymer. The photovoltaic performance of these blends was found to be stable up to temperatures approaching the glass transition temperature, especially if a high molecular-weight APFO-3 grade was used.

The crystallization of PC₆₁BM was also investigated. Above T_g, PC₆₁BM crystallization was found to commence, albeit slowly at temperatures close to T_g. At elevated temperatures instead, micrometer sized crystals were observed to form. It was also noted that illumination while annealing APFO-3:PC₆₁BM thin films above T_g affected PC₆₁BM crystallization, the origin of which is so far unclear although chemical degradation could be largely excluded.

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Baughman, Jessi Alan. "Solid-State NMR Characterization of the Structure and Morphology of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1343136219.

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Ho, Carr Hoi Yi. "Toward better performing organic solar cells: impact of charge carrier transport and electronic interactions in bulk heterojunction blends /Ho Hoi Yi, Carr." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2017. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/359.

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Organic photovoltaic (OPV) is an exciting energy harvesting technique. Although its power conversion efficiency (PCE) now exceeds 10% in a research laboratory, the processing window of an OPV cell is still narrow. A fundamental understanding of the OPV materials is desired. This thesis presents the charge carrier transport properties and electronic interactions in the bulk heterojunction (BHJ) active layer of OPV cells. They were found to be well correlated with OPV device performances. Space-charge-limited current (SCLC) measurements and admittance spectroscopy (AS) were employed to study the charge transports, while photothermal deflection spectroscopy (PDS) was used to probe the trap densities inside the materials. Beneficial effects of a common solvent additive, 1,8-diiodooctance (DIO), on PTB7:PC71BM OPV cells have been investigated. With DIO present in the casting solution, the resulting BHJ films have much enhanced electron mobilities, whereas the impact on the hole mobility is negligible. The origin of increased electron mobility is the reduced average electron hopping distance for those films prepared with DIO solvent additive. A balance of hole-electron mobility by tuning the DIO concentration was demonstrated to be the way to optimize the OPV device performance. In light of carrier transport measurement results, a "polymer-rich" strategy with preserved device performance was demonstrated. After understanding the importance of balanced hole-electron mobility, the impact of donor-acceptor weight ratio on the performance of PTB7 : PC71BM based OPV cells was explored. Early stage electronic donor-acceptor interactions were revealed using ultra-low dosages of fullerenes. Before electron transport pathways percolate, the unconnected fullerene domains act as traps and hinder electron transport. From PDS, the trap density observed inside BHJ films was found to be anti-correlated with the fill factor of OPV devices. The origin of low FFs is mainly due to electron traps and localized states from fullerenes. Based on the observations, it is proposed that PC71BM tends to intercalate with PTB7 backbone instead of forming self-aggregates before the electron pathway percolation. Apart from investigating the fundamentals in OPV devices, a solution to improve its processing window was proposed in this thesis. Thermally stable polymer : fullerene OPV cells were fabricated by employing fluorenone-based solid additives. A charge transfer interaction between the additives and donor moiety of polymer formed a locked network which freezes the BHJ morphology under thermal stress. The most promising result retains 90% of the origin efficiency, upon thermal aging at 100 °C for more than 20 hours in PTB7:PC71BM solar cells. Besides fullerene-based OPV, all-polymer photovoltaic solar cells (all-PSCs) were also investigated. Two new difluorobenzene-naphthalene diimide based polymer electron acceptors, one random (P1) and one regioregular (P2) structure, were compared. P2 exhibited a much better molecular packing, a higher electron mobility and more balanced hole-electron mobilities in its composite film with polymer donor, PTB7-Th. An optimized PTB7-Th:P2 device can achieve a respectably high PCE over 5% for all-PSC devices. These all-PSCs should open a new avenue for next generation OPVs.

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Min, Jie [Verfasser], and Christoph [Akademischer Betreuer] Brabec. "Solution-Processed Small Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells: Molecular, Morphological, Interfacial and Device Engineering / Jie Min. Gutachter: Christoph Brabec." Erlangen : Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 2015. http://d-nb.info/1078406588/34.

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De, Noia Federica. "Sintesi e caratterizzazione di eptameri a base tiofenica con sequenza D-A1-D-A-D-A1-D per applicazioni in BHJ solar cells." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/22236/.

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L’interesse della ricerca scientifica sta crescendo sempre più tra i materiali a base tiofenica, spinta dalle loro sorprendenti proprietà funzionali e semiconduttive. Gli oligotiofeni trovano infatti applicazione in molti campi interdisciplinari, in particolare nei dispositivi fotovoltaici organici. In questo studio è stato sintetizzato un nuovo eptamero T7-Bz-TSO2 con sequenza D-A1-D-A-D-A1-D grazie alla reazione di cross-coupling Suzuki-Miyaura catalizzata da un complesso di palladio e assistita da microonde. Questo lavoro si è incentrato sull’introduzione di una nuova unità tiofenica S,S-diossidata lungo la catena oligomerica principale e sullo studio delle diverse proprietà ottiche ed elettrochimiche del nuovo materiale, utilizzato come strato fotattivo in una cella solare organica di tipo bulk heterojunction (BHJ). Lo studio dei parametri di cella ha rivelato una promettente natura ambipolare del T7-Bz-TSO2, non comune in questa classe di composti e di grande interesse per lo sviluppo di dispositivi fotovoltaici organici.

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Kim, Vincent Oteyi. "Ultrafast spectroscopy of organic semiconductors : singlet fission and nonfullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2019. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/283561.

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In this dissertation, we investigate two emerging strategies for enhancing the performance of organic photovoltaics. The first takes advantage of a process called singlet exciton fission, and the second embodies an exodus from the fullerene electron acceptors prominent in organic solar cells. Indeed, this versatile class of tunable small molecules are aptly termed nonfullerene acceptors. However, both strategies would benefit from a greater understanding of underlying principles. Singlet exciton fission is a photon-multiplying process in which a singlet exciton from a high-energy absorbed photon splits into two triplet excitons. The process could significantly reduce energy lost to heat in photovoltaic devices, but its mechanisms are still misunderstood. One model involves direct coupling between the singlet and triplet states, and another model involves an intermediate charge transfer state. Transient absorption spectroscopy allowed us to examine singlet fission in films of pentacene, fluorinated pentacene, and coevaporated blends of various mixing ratios. We directly observe an intermolecular charge transfer state during singlet fission in solid films of coevaporated pentacene and peruoropentacene, which supports the model of charge transfer state-mediated singlet fission. Furthermore, we successfully induced singlet fission in one blend by directly exciting the charge transfer state below the bandgap. We use various types of steady state and time-resolved spectroscopy to characterize two types of nonfullerene electron acceptors. The first type is a group of tetraazabenzodiuoranthene diimide (BFI) dimers and a BFI monomer. The BFI dimers were designed to have twisted, nonplanar 3-dimensional structures and have helped achieve power conversion efficiencies of over 8% in organic solar cells. The other type of nonfullerene acceptor is a calamitic small molecule, and we consider the BAF-4CN electron acceptor, which has also been used in a solar cell whose efficiency exceeded 8%. Spectroscopic studies give insight into the performances of these nonfullerene devices in relation to fullerene-derivative counterparts. We find that the nonfullerene blends suffer from more geminate charge recombination. However, despite this drawback, in some cases, slower rates of nongeminate recombination may lead to successful power conversion efficiencies in nonfullerene solar cells.

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Wayzani, Abdel Aziz. "[Ρt]-οligοmers as nοvel dοnοrs fοr bulk heterοjunctiοn sοlar cell applicatiοn." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Normandie, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024NORMC240.

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Ce manuscrit se consacre au développement d'oligomères à base de platine en tant que nouveaux donneurs pour des cellules solaires organiques à hétérojonction en vrac, dans le but d'améliorer leurs performances par le biais de modifications structurelles. Le travail est divisé en trois parties principales. La première partie examine comment réduire la bande interdite des [Pt]-oligomères en modifiant la structure du ligand. Cette adaptation vise à accroître la longueur de conjugaison, la planéité, la stabilisation des quinones et à renforcer l'effet "push-pull", notamment grâce à l'ajout de 3,4éthylènedioxythiophène (EDOT). Cette approche a conduit à la création de nouveaux matériaux donneurs qui ont atteint une efficacité de conversion de puissance (ECP) moyenne de 14,81% avec des accepteurs non-fullérènes dans des cellules solaires à hétérojonction en vrac binaires, et de 15.97% dans des cellules ternaires à hétérojonction en vrac. La deuxième partie se concentre sur l'amélioration de l'organisation moléculaire des [Pt]-oligomères en intégrant un groupe mésogène discotique de triphénylène dans la structure conjuguée au moyen d'un espaceur. Il a été démontré que remplacer un espaceur triazole rigide par un espaceur aliphatique linéaire plus flexible améliorait les propriétés des [Pt]-oligomères, entraînant une augmentation de l'efficacité de conversion photovoltaïque, passant de 13 % à 15 %. Enfin, la troisième partie explore des pistes d'amélioration supplémentaires en synthétisant des [Pt]-oligomères dotés de longueurs de conjugaison étendues, associés à un groupe organisateur discotique relié par un espaceur aliphatique. Les ligands qui combinent l'EDOT et le groupe triphénylène, reliés par un espaceur aliphatique, ont affiché des propriétés prometteuses, soulignant ainsi l'importance de poursuivre ces travaux de synthèse pour tester et valider pleinement ces [Pt]-oligomères améliorés
This manuscript focuses on developing [Pt]-oligomers as novel donors for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells, aiming to enhance their performance through structural modifications. The work is divided into three main parts. The first part addresses the reduction of the band gap in [Pt]-oligomers by modifying the ligand structure to improve conjugation length, planarity, quinone stabilization, and the "push-pull" effect, specifically through the inclusion of 3,4ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT). This approach led to new donor materials that achieved an average power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 14.81% with non-fullerene acceptors in binary bulk heterojunction solar cells and 15.97% in ternary bulk heterojunction cells. The second part focuses on enhancing the molecular organization of [Pt]-oligomers by integrating a triphenylene discotic mesogenic group into the conjugated backbone via a spacer. It was found that replacing a rigid triazole spacer with a more flexible linear aliphatic spacer improved the properties of the [Pt]-oligomers, resulting in an increase in the average PCE from 13.36% to 15.93%. The third part explores further improvements by synthesizing [Pt]oligomers with extended conjugated lengths and a discotic organizing group connected through an aliphatic spacer. Ligands that incorporate both EDOT and the triphenylene group, connected by an aliphatic spacer, demonstrated promising properties, suggesting the need for further synthesis to fully test and validate these improvements on [Pt]-oligomers

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Hey, Andrew Stuart. "Series interconnects and charge extraction interfaces for hybrid solar cells." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:f19e44a8-e394-4859-9649-734116bc22b8.

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This thesis investigates novel hole extraction interfaces and series interconnects for applications in organic photovoltaics, specifically in single junction solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and tandem DSSC/polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells. Improvements in hole extraction and device performance by using materials compatible with scalable deposition methods are presented, including tungsten- and molybdenum-disulphide (WS₂ and MoS₂), and p-type doped spiro-OMeTAD (2,2',7,7'-tetrakis-(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylamine)9,9'-spirobifluorene) nanoparticle dispersions. WS₂ and MoS₂ hole extraction layers increase averaged short circuit currents by 20% and 16% respectively, and power conversion efficiencies by 19% and 14% respectively when compared with control devices. Similarly, doped spiro-OMeTAD nano-particle layers improved short circuit current densities by 32% and efficiencies by 9%. Tandem device interconnects using these novel hole extraction formats have been fabricated, but although devices did exhibit rectification, overall performance was poor. Possible reasons for their limited success have been analysed. Dye-sensitized solar mini-modules are also reported. In order to assure the scalability of DSSC technology, these larger area devices were constructed using doctor blade coating to deposit the hole transporter material. As well as achieving a respectable maximum power conversion efficiency of 2.6%, it has also been shown that the extent to which hole transporter infiltrates the mesoporous photoanode of these devices may be tuned by altering substrate temperature during deposition. It was found that an optimal coating temperature of 70 degrees C produced the best efficiency, with a corresponding pore-filling fraction of 41%.

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Nicoletta, Francesca. "Design and synthesis of new processable materials for application in organic devices." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3977.

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New materials were designed and synthetized for photovoltaic applications featuring ability to be processed from green solvents including alcohol or water. In the synthesis of semiconductor materials, the well-known diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) unit was used as main building block for its features as excellent electron-acceptor unit in compounds with low bandgap. Six small molecules, based on DPP unit endcapped with triazolo group were synthetized and functionalized with solubilizing peripheral chains that allowed the dispersion in nonorganic and toxic solvents. All molecules were characterized through NMR and IR spectroscopy; in addition, physicochemical properties of the derivatives including solubility in variety of solvents, solution and film absorption and emission, and cyclic voltammetry (CV) were studied. Bulk heterojunction solar devices, using the synthetized materials as donors and PC60BM as acceptors were fabricated and tested. Furthermore, some polymers were designed to comprise DPP unit with polar triethylen glycol (Teg) side chains and different comonomers including vinyl, ethylhexyloxy benzodithiophene or functionalized thiophene ring. The majority of materials were synthesized using the Stille condensation reaction, but also an environmentally friendly process, the Direct Heteroarylation Polymerization (DAHP) reaction was profitably used. All materials were extensively characterized exhibiting low values of bandgaps and tested as donors in blends with PC70BM for photovoltaic response in both conventional and inverted device architectures, demonstrating, for the best polymer, a power conversion efficiency (PCE) around 1.5%. Interestingly, in field effect transistors, the same material, shows hole mobility approaching 0.015 cm2/Vs.

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Guarracino, Paola. "Photophysical processes and molecular ordering in organic materials for third generation photovoltaics studied by EPR spectroscopy." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3424935.

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The world energy consumption is increasing at an average rate of 2.1 % per year, spurred by the economic growth in most of Asian countries, Europe and Canada. The consequent depletion of fossil fuels reservoirs and the reinforced need of environmental sustainability are making the challenge of clean and renewable energy sources one of the most urgent challenges for humankind. Solar power is among the best candidates for the leading role in the energy revolution, being clean, infinite and well distributed over the planet. For this reason, photovoltaic technologies for electricity production are gaining increasing popularity. Although inorganic silicon solar cells dominate the market of photovoltaics, organic and hybrid materials attract considerable interest since their properties like flexibility, light-weight, transparency and low-cost could make the difference in the raising of solar electricity. So far, these materials could not yet outperform conventional silicon, stimulating intensive scientific research on both the development of new materials and the understanding of the photophysical mechanisms governing the photovoltaic behavior of organic/hybrid semiconductors. In this thesis, a series of new organic and hybrid photoactive materials is studied using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy (EPR). This technique, combined with photoexcitation, allows to unambiguously characterize the photoinduced processes involving the formation of paramagnetic states like radicals and triplet states. As shown in the thesis, EPR can also give useful information about molecular ordering in the materials, which is known to be intimately connected with charge transport properties. Conjugated polymers are known for their semiconducting properties and their blends with strong electron accepting fullerene derivatives are among the best performing organic photovoltaic systems. Donor-acceptor alternating copolymers have been introduced to enhance the light-harvesting properties of the blends. Compared to homopolymers, they usually display a lower crystallinity of the deposited films. Thus, XRD techniques are often not suitable to investigate their molecular ordering features. We apply EPR to the analysis of molecular orientational order in the films of two polymers representative of this class, showing that a consistent degree of preferential orientation occurs with two common deposition methods. Fullerene-free materials for polymer solar cells have been recently introduced and overcome some of the drawbacks of fullerene acceptors like the limited absorption and the poor bandgap tunability. In this framework, we study two blends of electron-donor and acceptor polymers to probe their properties with respect to the common fullerene/donor combination, showing that they avoid charge recombination to triplet states which is an active loss mechanism in fullerene-containing blends. Furthermore, the all-polymer films provide a high degree of orientational order and efficient interaction between the donor and acceptor phases that make them promising alternatives to polymer-fullerene blends. A reduced graphene oxide-triphenylamine covalently-linked nanohybrid is studied as potential photosensitizer for TiO2 in dye-sensitized solar cells, able to improve the conductivity and the stability of the system. EPR shows that efficient photoinduced electron transfer from the sensitizer to the semiconductor occurs, paving the way to this new class of photosensitizers. Finally, we investigate the photoactivity of a supramolecular soft-material, forming a gel, composed of small self-assembling donor and acceptor molecules. In this case, EPR allows to verify the efficiency of charge transport across the supramolecular structures, suggesting appealing semiconducting properties of the material. The results of this thesis show the relevance of EPR for unraveling functional and morphological properties of photovoltaic materials and provide a useful characterization of the photophysics of new systems that may be further explored to bring substantial progresses to the field of organic photovoltaics.
Il consumo mondiale di energia ha un tasso medio di crescita del 2.1 % all’anno, trainato dalla crescita economica di molti Paesi asiatici, dell’Europa e del Canada. Il conseguente depauperamento delle risorse di combustibili fossili e il più stringente bisogno di proteggere l’ambiente stanno facendo della sfida delle energie rinnovabili una delle più urgenti sfide che l’umanità deve affrontare. L’energia solare è tra i migliori candidati a svolgere il ruolo di punta nella rivoluzione energetica, essendo una fonte di energia pulita, infinita e ben distribuita nel pianeta. Per questo motivo le tecnologie fotovoltaiche per la produzione di energia elettrica stanno acquistando crescente popolarità. Sebbene le celle solari a base di Silicio dominino il mercato del fotovoltaico, materiali organici e ibridi sono fonte di crescente interesse grazie alle loro peculiari proprietà, come la flessibilità, la leggerezza e la trasparenza, il basso costo, che ci si aspetta possano fare la differenza nell’affermazione del fotovoltaico. Fino ad ora questi materiali non hanno superato il rendimento dei materiali convenzionali a base di Silicio, stimolando la ricerca scientifica verso lo sviluppo di nuovi materiali e lo studio dei meccanismi fotofisici che governano il comportamento fotovoltaico dei semiconduttori organici e ibridi. In questa tesi, una serie di nuovi materiali fotoattivi, organici e ibridi, è stata studiata utilizzando la spettroscopia di Risonanza Paramagnetica Elettronica (EPR). Tale tecnica, combinata con la fotoeccitazione, permette di caratterizzare i processi fotoindotti che portano alla formazione di stati paramagnetici come radicali e stati di tripletto. Come mostrato nella tesi, la tecnica EPR può essere anche utilizzata per ottenere informazioni circa l’ordine molecolare nei materiali, che è noto essere strettamente collegato alle loro proprietà di trasporto di carica. I polimeri coniugati sono noti per le loro proprietà di semiconduttori e le loro miscele con derivati fullereneci - forti electron-accettori - sono tra i sistemi fotovoltaici organici più efficienti. Copolimeri alternanti composti da unità elettron-accettrici e donatrici sono stati introdotti per aumentare l’efficienza di assorbimento dello spettro solare. Rispetto ai classici omopolimeri, questi mostrano solitamente una minore cristallinità dei film depositati. Pertanto, tecniche diffrattometriche si rivelano spesso inadeguate per caratterizzarne l’ordine molecolare. In questa tesi l’EPR viene utilizzato per analizzare l’ordine orientazionale in due polimeri rappresentativi di questa classe, mostrando che un grado consistente di orientazione preferenziale è presente nei film ottenuti con due diverse tecniche di deposizione. Materiali fullerene-free per le celle solari polimeriche sono stati recentemente introdotti per superare alcuni degli svantaggi degli accettori fullerenici, come il limitato assorbimento della luce solare e la difficoltà nel regolare il bandgap e le proprietà elettroniche. In questo conteso, abbiamo studiato due blend costituiti da polimeri elettron-accettori e donatori al fine di investigarne le proprietà e di compararle a quelle dei convenzionali blend di polimeri donatori con derivati fullerenici, dimostrando che essi eliminano la ricombinazione di cariche a formare stati di tripletto, meccanismo noto come fonte di perdita di efficienza nei materiali contenti fullereni. Inoltre, i film polimerici mostrano un elevato grado di ordine orientazionale e un’efficiente interazione tra le fasi di donatore e di accettore che li rendono promettenti alternative ai blend di polimero e fullerene. Un nanoibrido composto da grafene ossido ridotto e molecole di trifenilammina legati covalentemente, è stato studiato come potenziale colorante per la titania in celle solari sensibilizzate a colorante, capace di migliorare la conducibilità e la stabilità del sistema. L’EPR ha mostrato che un efficiente trasferimento elettronico fotoindotto avviene tra l’ibrido e il semiconduttore, aprendo la strada all’applicazione di una nuova classe di coloranti. Infine, la fotoattività di un materiale supramolecolare, un gel composto da piccole molecole di donatore e accettore che autoassemblano, è stata studiata. In questo caso l’EPR ha permesso di verificare un efficiente trasporto di carica attraverso le strutture supramolecolari, suggerendo interessanti proprietà semiconduttive del materiale. I risultati di questa tesi dimostrano la rilevanza dell’EPR per l’indagine su aspetti funzionali e morfologici di materiali fotovoltaici e forniscono una caratterizzazione della fotofisica di nuovi sistemi che potrebbero essere ulteriormente esplorati per apportare progressi sostanziali nel campo del fotovoltaico organico e ibrido.

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Stenta, Caterina. "Novel electron acceptors and new solution processed hole blocking layer for organic solar cells." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667292.

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La utilització de materials orgànics per a la fabricació de cèl·lules solars és una de les alternatives considerades actualment per a reduir els costos de fabricació de sistemes fotovoltaics. Els materials orgànics tenen coeficients d’absorció elevats que permeten la utilització de capes primes i tècniques de fabricació de baix cost. L’objectiu d’aquesta tesi ha estat contribuir a la millora de les cèl·lules solars orgàniques d’heterounió massiva, mitjançant la incorporació de nous materials acceptors i donadors d’electrons, així com de capes de blocatge de forats depositades a partir de solucions. S’ha dut a terme l’estudi dels efectes de les capes transportadores d’electrons i forats en termes d’eficiència i de degradació dels dispositius fotovoltaics. S’han estudiat i fabricat capes de blocatge de forats amb bathocuproïna (BCP) depositada a través d’una tecnologia de solucions com a substitució del calci.
El empleo de materiales orgánicos en la fabricación de celulas solares es una de las alternativas actualmente consideradas para reducir los costes de fabricación de los sistemas fotovoltaicos. Los materiales organicos tienen coeficientes de absorpción elevados, permitiendo el uso de capas finas y técnicas de fabricación de bajo coste. El objectivo de esta tesis ha sido contribuir en la mejora de las células solares orgánicas de heterounión masiva, mediante la incorporación de nuevos materiales aceptores de la familia de los PDI, y de capas bloqueadoras de huecos depositadas a partir de soluciones. Se han estudiado los efectos de las capas transportadoras de electrones y huecos en términos de eficiencia y degradación de dispositivos fotovoltaicos. Se han fabricado capas bloqueadoras de huecos con bathocuproine (BCP) depositada a través de una tecnología de soluciones como sustituyente del Calcio. Se han estudiato y caracterizado las propriedades morfologicas y optoelectronicas de celulas solares con las estructuras ITO/PEDOT:PSS/PTB7:PDI/Ca/Ag y ITO/PEDOT:PSS/PTB7:PCBM/BCP/Ag. Se ha llevado a cabo una caracterización de las propiedades morfológicas y fotofísicas de los dispositivos fotovoltaicos fabricados a través de varios métodos de investigación, entre los cuales medidas J-V, EQE, Difracción de rayos X, medidas espectroscopia UV-Vis, medidas de movilidad de portadores, medidas de extracción de carga y foto-voltaje transitorio, AFM y medidas de ángulo de contacto.
The search for low cost photovoltaics has led to the use of organic materials as possible candidates to substitute silicon based solar devices. Organic materials have high absorption coefficients, allowing the use of thin layers and low cost solution phase manufacturing techniques. The objective of this thesis has been to contribute to the improvement of bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells through the incorporation of new acceptor materials of the PDI family and of a film layer of Bathocuproine (BCP) as hole blocking layer. The BCP layer was spin coated from a dilute toluene/methanol solution directly on top of the active layer. The morphological, optoelectronic properties of solar cells with the following structures have been studied and characterized: ITO / PEDOT: PSS / PTB7: PDI / Ca / Ag and ITO / PEDOT: PSS / PTB7: PCBM / BCP / Ag. For this purpose various characterization methods has been carried out, including JV measurements, EQE, X-ray diffraction, UV-Vis spectroscopy, carrier mobility measurements , charge extraction and transient photo-voltage measurements and AFM.

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Ebenhoch, Bernd. "Organic solar cells : novel materials, charge transport and plasmonic studies." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/7814.

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Organic solar cells have great potential for cost-effective and large area electricity production, but their applicability is limited by the relatively low efficiency. In this dissertation I report investigations of novel materials and the underlying principles of organic solar cells, carried out at the University of St Andrews between 2011 and 2015. Key results of this investigation: • The charge carrier mobility of organic semiconductors in the active layer of polymer solar cells has a rather small influence on the power conversion efficiency. Cooling solar cells of the polymer:fullerene blend PTB7:PC₇₁BM from room temperature to 77 K decreased the hole mobility by a factor of thousand but the device efficiency only halved. • Subphthalocyanine molecules, which are commonly used as electron donor materials in vacuum-deposited active layers of organic solar cells, can, by a slight structural modification, also be used as efficient electron acceptor materials in solution-deposited active layers. Additionally these acceptors offer, compared to standard fullerene acceptors,advantages of a stronger light absorption at the peak of the solar spectrum. • A low band-gap polymer donor material requires a careful selection of the acceptor material in order to achieve efficient charge separation and a maximum open circuit voltage. • Metal structures in nanometer-size can efficiently enhance the electric field and light absorption in organic semiconductors by plasmonic resonance. The fluorescence of a P3HT polymer film above silver nanowires, separated by PEDOT:PSS, increased by factor of two. This could be clearly assigned to an enhanced absorption as the radiative transition of P3HT was identical beside the nanowires. • The use of a processing additive in the casting solution for the active layer of organic solar cells of PTB7:PC₇₁BM strongly influences the morphology, which leads not only to an optimum of charge separation but also to optimal charge collection.

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Sovernigo, Enrico. "Influence of nanostructured heterojunctions on the electrical properties of photovoltaic cells." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trieste, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10077/4480.

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Le celle fotovoltaiche basate su strati sottili di materiali organici hanno raggiunto efficienze dell' 8.3% ed hanno le potenzialità per diventare un'alternativa a basso costo delle celle basate su silicio amorfo. Alcune delle problematiche legate alle proprietà intrinseche di generazione, separazione e trasporto delle cariche possono essere affrontate non solo con lo studio della chimica e dei processi per materiali organici e fullerene, ma anche con lo sviluppo di nuove architetture delle celle basate sul controllo e l'organizzazione alla scala del nanometro. Il presente lavoro di tesi è basato sulla convinzione che quest'ultimo approccio, complementare a quello basato sul miglioramento delle proprietà intrinseche dei materiali, contribuirà sostanzialmente al progresso di questo campo della ricerca applicata. L'obiettivo di questo lavoro è quello di dimostrare il principio di funzionamento di una serie di diversi e nuovi prototipi di dispositivi basati su micro- e nano-architetture. In particolare, abbiamo realizzato: un nanomodulo di 1 cm2 che mostra una tensione di circuito aperto di quasi 1 kV, una cella solare basata su un'eterogiunzione con interfaccia avente strutture di 20 nm interpenetrate, e abbiamo ottimizzato deposizione di ossido di indio stagno (ITO) per lo sviluppo di un nostro dispositivo di intrappolamento della luce basato su serie di microlenti. Tuttatavia, riteniamo che ulteriori sforzi nella stessa direzione siano necessari per dimostrare l'utilità delle nano-architetture nel fotovoltaico organico. Parte del lavoro di ricerca è stato dedicato allo sviluppo e messa in opera di strumentazione specifica per la lavorazione e caratterizzazione per il fotovoltaico come un evaporatore in vuoto ad angolo inclinato connesso ad una camera a guanti in azoto per la deposizione di metalli e di organici.
Thin-film photovoltaic (PV) cells based on the bulk hetero-junction of organic materials reached a record efficiency of 8.3% and have the potential to become a lower-cost alternative to amorphous silicon. Some of the issues related to the intrinsic properties of generation, separation and transport of charges, may be addressed not just by working on the details of the chemistry and processing of the organic/fullerenes materials, but also by implementing new cell architectures organized and well controlled down to the nanoscale. The present work of thesis is based on the conviction that the latter approach, complementary to that focused on the improvement of the intrinsic properties of the materials, will substantially contribute to the progress of this field of applied research. The goal of this work is that of demonstrating the working principle of a series of different and new micro- and nano-architectures into prototypical organic solar devices. In particular, we realized: a 1 cm2 nanomodule with almost 1 kV of open circuit voltage, a solar cell with a controlled nanostructured interface heterojunction with interpenetrating features of 20 nm, and we optimized the sputtering deposition of indium tin oxide (ITO) for our light trapping device based on microlenses array. However, we believe that additional efforts in the same direction will be necessary to demonstrate the usefulness of nanoarchitectures in organic photovoltaics. Part of the research work was devoted to the development and the commission of specific instrumentation for PV processing and characterization as an oblique angle vacuum evaporator connected to a nitrogen glove-box for the deposition of metals and organics.
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Hecht, [geb Wagener] Reinhard Johannes [Verfasser], Frank [Gutachter] Würthner, Klaus [Gutachter] Meerholz, and Matthias [Gutachter] Lehmann. "Processing and Characterization of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Based on New Organic n-Type Semiconductors / Reinhard Johannes Hecht [geb. Wagener] ; Gutachter: Frank Würthner, Klaus Meerholz, Matthias Lehmann." Würzburg : Universität Würzburg, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1183576161/34.

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Bucher, Léo. "Synthèse d'oligomères et de polymères enrichis en porphyrines pour la conversion de l'énergie solaire." Thesis, Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017UBFCK042/document.

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Le projet de cette thèse consistait à élaborer de nouveaux matériaux donneurs d’électrons pour les cellules solaires organiques. Cette technologie photovoltaïque émergente en plein essor a d’ores et déjà atteint la limite d’efficacité lui permettant d’être industrialisée et commercialisée à grande échelle. Le faible coût de production des dispositifs photovoltaïques organiques les rendent compétitives vis-à-vis des technologies inorganiques déjà bien implantées. Mais leur plus gros avantage est surement leur légèreté et leurs propriétés mécaniques qui les rendent très souples. Elles devraient donc certainement avoir un rôle majeur à jouer dans le futur en complément des cellules solaires classiques, avec une utilisation pour des applications spécifiques. Nous avons ainsi développé des polymères en utilisant des chromophores réputés pour leurs propriétés photophysiques : les porphyrines, les BODIPY et les dicétopyrrolopyrroles. Ces différentes unités absorbent intensément la lumière, ce qui les rend adéquates pour être utilisées pour la conversion de l’énergie solaire en électricité. En concevant un design original et adapté à cette application, nous avons ainsi obtenu plusieurs nouveaux polymères prometteurs. Nous avons ensuite pu étudier leurs propriétés électrochimiques et électroniques, ainsi que leurs caractéristiques photophysiques. Pour cela nous avons utilisé de nombreux outils (caméra streak, absorption transitoire femtoseconde, etc.) afin de comprendre en détails leur propriétés d’absorption et de luminescence. Ces informations nous ont permis de pouvoir ensuite comprendre leur comportement une fois intégrés dans la couche active des dispositifs photovoltaïques. En effet, le mécanisme de fonctionnement pour la création d’un courant électrique met en jeu des transferts d’électrons ultrarapides (∼50 fs) vers un accepteur d’électron. Il est alors crucial de pouvoir comprendre et contrôler les paramètres pouvant influencer l’efficacité de ces transferts et la stabilisation des charges qui en résultent, pour pouvoir finalement mener à des rendements de conversion de l’énergie lumineuse élevés
The aim of this thesis was to elaborate new electron donor materials for organic solarcells. This emerging photovoltaic technology is rapidly expanding, and has yet already reached the limit for its large-scale commercialization. The low manufacturing cost of organic photovoltaic devices make then competitive face to well-established inorganic technologies. Their biggest advantage is their weight and their mechanical properties which make them flexible. They should play a key role in future as a complement to classic solar cells, with their use in specific applications. We developed polymers by using different chomophores, well-known for their interesting photophysical properties: the porphyrin, the BODIPY and the diketopyrrolopyrrole. All these units intensively absorb the light, making them perfect candidates to be used to convert sunlight to electricity. By designing appropriate structures for this application, we synthesized several new promising polymers. Afterward, we studied their electrochemical and electronic properties, as well as their photophysics. We used powerful tools (streak camera, transient absorption, etc.) in order to understand in details their absorption and luminescence properties. These results enabled us to further understand their behavior once inside the active layer of photovoltaic devices. Indeed, the mechanism for the electric current creation involves ultrafast electron transfers (∼50 fs) toward electron acceptor. It is of utmost importance to understand and control parameters that could affect the electron transfer efficiency and the resulting charge stabilization, to finally lead to better power conversion efficiencies

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Bom, Sidhant [Verfasser], Veit [Akademischer Betreuer] [Gutachter] Wagner, Stefan [Gutachter] Kettemann, and Elizabeth von [Gutachter] Hauff. "The role of anode buffer layers in P3HT-PCBM based bulk heterojunction organic solar cells / Sidhant Bom ; Gutachter: Veit Wagner, Stefan Kettemann, Elizabeth von Hauff ; Betreuer: Veit Wagner." Bremen : IRC-Library, Information Resource Center der Jacobs University Bremen, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1124681086/34.

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Ooi, Zi En. "On the corrected photocurrent of organic bulk heterojunctiion solar cells." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/4259.

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The measured photocurrent of a solar cell may be considered the sum of a photogenerated current due solely to the influx of photons, and a photovoltage-induced current due to carrier injection at the electrodes. Correcting the measured photocurrent for the injected current yields the voltage dependence of the photogenerated current alone. This corrected photocurrent can provide valuable insight into the processes governing the behaviour of a solar cell, yet is seldom measured or discussed within the community. In this dissertation, an original experimental technique designed specifically for the reliable measurement of the corrected photocurrent is described, with the intent of applying it to organic bulk-heterojunction solar cells. Solar cells based on a number of donor-acceptor combinations were investigated. Using the experimental technique developed here, corrected photocurrent-voltage characteristics exhibiting remarkably anti-symmetric profiles were obtained and subsequently rationalised with a simple physical model. From the perspective of this model, the nature of charge extraction at the electrodes - and how this is affected by processes such as thermal annealing - was examined. Finally, a new low band-gap, small-molecule acceptor material was used in bulk-heterojunction solar cells, and shown to promising photovoltaic performance. Interestingly, these devices exhibited anomalous current-voltage characteristics, which, on closer examination, could be explained by an electric field dependence in the photogeneration rate. Throughout this work, particular attention was given to how these findings may be used to improve device efficiencies.

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Huaulmé, Quentin. "Fonctionnalisation de complexes de bore(III), synthèse et propriétés : application au photovoltaïque organique." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016STRAF050/document.

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Ces travaux de thèse ont visé à étudier la fonctionnalisation de complexes mono et ditopique de bore(III), BODIPY et BOPHY, en vue d’une application en cellule solaire organique. Les caractérisations préliminaires des nouveaux matériaux synthétisés ont permis d’identifier les matériaux aux propriétés physico-chimiques les plus adaptées à une telle application. Ainsi, il a été possible d’utiliser pour la première fois un dérivé de BOPHY comme matériau de type p prometteur au sein d’une cellule solaire organique, et un rendement de conversion énergétique de 4,2% a été atteint. La fonctionnalisation orthogonale du 1,3,5,7-tétraméthyles BODIPY a permis de faire passer le rendement de conversion de référence de BODIPY comme matériaux de type p de 4,7 à 5,8%. Enfin, une méthodologie synthétique originale et polyvalente d’obtention de BODIPY α-fusionnés, les BOBIM, a été développée. Présentant à la fois une absorption intense dans le visible et une très forte affinité électronique, ils ont été caractérisés comme matériaux de type n
A study of the functionalization of boron(III) complexes, BODIPY and BOPHY, was carried out in order to characterize new n and p-type materials for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells. The properties of this materials were investigated through spectroscopic, electrochemical and charges transport analysis, and the most promising candidates were characterized in photovoltaic devices. For the first time a BOPHY derivative was used as p-type materials in such organic solar cell, providing a promising PCE of 4.2%. A study of the orthogonal functionalization of the 1,3,5,7-tetramethyls BODIPY allowed the synthesis and characterization of a new BODIPY based p-type material which exhibits the highest PCE of 5.8% for such material to date. The last chapter of this thesis develops an original and versatile synthetic method to obtain α-fused BODIPY. This family of molecules exhibit both intense absorption in the near-IR and low lying LUMO, and has been hence characterized as n-type materials

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Yahya, Wan Zaireen Nisa. "Synthèse et caractérisation des oligomères et polymères Ä-conjugués nanostructurés pour applications en photovoltaïque." Thesis, Grenoble, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012GRENV074/document.

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Les cellules photovoltaïques organiques ont fait l'objet d'un intérêt croissant au cours de ces dernières décennies car elles offrent un grand potentiel pour une production d'énergie renouvelable à faible coût. Afin d'obtenir des cellules solaires organiques à haut rendement de conversion d'énergie, beaucoup de recherches se focalisent sur les matériaux ayant des capacités à absorber la lumière efficacement. Dans ce contexte, le présent travail se concentre sur la conception et le développement de nouveaux matériaux donneurs d'électrons (oligomères et polymères) comme matériaux absorbant de la lumière basée sur l'approche « Donneur-Accepteur » alternant des segments riches en électron (donneur d'électron) et des unités pauvres en électron (accepteur d'électron). Trois séries d'unités riches en électron ont été étudiées: oligothiophènes, fluorène et indacenodithiophene. L'unité fluorénone est la principale unité « accepteur d'électron » étudiée. Une comparaison directe avec le système basé sur l'unité benzothiadiazole comme accepteur d'électron est également rapportée. Trois méthodes principales de synthèse ont été utilisées: polymérisation oxydante par le chlorure de fer (III), et les couplages croisés au palladium de type Suzuki ou de Stille. Les études spectroscopique UV-Visible en absorption et en photoluminescence sur ces oligomères et polymères ont démontré la présence de complexes à transfert de charges permettant d'élargir le spectre d'absorption. Les oligomères et les polymères possèdent des faibles largeurs de bande interdite de 1,6 eV à 2 eV. Les systèmes ayant des unités fluorénones présentent des spectres d'absorption étendus allant jusqu'à 600-700 nm, tandis que les systèmes ayant des unités benzothiadiazoles présentent des spectres d'absorption allant jusqu'à 700- 800 nm. La nature des bandes de complexes à transfert de charge se révèle d'être dépendant de la force de respective des unités « donneur d'électrons » et des unités « accepteur d'électrons ». Les niveaux d'énergies HOMO et LUMO des oligomères et les polymères sont déterminés par des mesures électrochimiques. Les polymères à base de fluorène possèdent des niveaux d'énergie HOMO les plus bas. Ces polymères testés en mélange avec les fullerenes PCBM en cellules photovoltaïques ont démontré des valeurs élevées de tension en circuit ouvert (Voc) proche de 0,9 V. Tous les oligomères et les polymères ont été testés dans des dispositifs photovoltaïques et ont montré des résultats encourageants avec des rendements de conversion allant jusqu'à 2,1 %. Ce sont des premièrs résultats obtenus après seulement quelques optimisations (ratios oligomères ou polymères : fullerènes et recuit thermique). Ce travail prometteur permet ainsi d'envisager des résultats plus élevés dans le futur
Organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells have been a subject of increasing interest during the last decade as they are promising candidates for low cost renewable energy production. In order to obtain reasonably high performance organic solar cells, development of efficient light absorbing materials are of primary focus in the OPV field. In this context, the present work is focused on the design and development of new electron donor materials (oligomers and polymers) as light absorbing materials based on “Donor-Acceptor” approach alternating electron donating group and electron withdrawing group. Three main families of electron donating group are studied: oligothiophenes, fluorene and indacenodithiophene. Fluorenone unit is the principal electron withdrawing group studied and a direct comparison with the system based on benzothiadiazole unit as electron withdrawing unit is also provided. Three main synthetic methods were employed: oxidative polymerization mediated by Iron (III) chloride and Palladium cross-coupling reactions according to Suzuki coupling or Stille coupling conditions. Spectroscopic studies on absorption and photoluminescence have demonstrated the presence of characteristic charge transfer complex in all the studied D-A oligomers and polymers allowing the extension of the absorption spectrum. The D-A oligomers and polymers have shown an overall low optical band gap of 1.6-2 eV with absorption spectra up to 600 to 800 nm. The nature of the charge transfer complex transitions bands were found to be depending on the strength of the electron donating unit and the electron withdrawing unit. Furthermore molecular packing in solution and in solid state has also demonstrated to contribute to extension of absorption spectrum. The HOMO and LUMO energy levels of the oligomers and polymers were determined by electrochemical measurements. Fluorene-based polymers have shown low lying HOMO energy levels, and these polymers demonstrate high open circuit voltage (Voc) in photovoltaic cell when combined with fullerenes derivatives PCBM with Voc values close to 0.9 V. The oligomers and polymers tested in photovoltaic devices have shown promising results with the highest power conversion efficiency obtained of 2.1 % when combined with fullerenes PCBMC70. These results were obtained after only limited numbers of device optimizations such as the active materials ratios and thermal annealing. Therefore further optimization of devices may exhibit higher power conversion efficiencies

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Yu, Fei. "Graphene-enhanced Polymer Bulk-heterojunction Solar Cells." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439310775.

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Nicolet, Célia. "Synthèse de (co)polymères à base de Poly(3-hexylthiophène) pour le photovoltaïque organique." Thesis, Bordeaux 1, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011BOR14412/document.

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L’optimisation de la morphologie de la couche active est primordiale pour l’augmentation des rendements des cellules solaires photovoltaïques organiques. Nous avons montré l’influence du ratio de matériaux donneur (P3HT) et accepteur (PCBM) d’électrons ainsi que de la masse molaire du P3HT sur la morphologie de la couche active. Afin de contrôler la séparation de phases entre les matériaux donneur et accepteur d’électrons, il est possible d’utiliser des copolymères à blocs afin d’aider la compatibilisation entre le P3HT et le PCBM. Nous avons choisi de synthétiser des copolymères à blocs P3HT-b-polystyrène et des P3HT-b-polyisoprène présentant une certaine compatibilité avec les matériaux de la partie active. L’ajout optimisé de P3HT-b-polyisoprène permet une augmentation de 30% des rendements et de 90% de durée de vie des cellules solaires
Active layer morphology optimization is fundamental to achieve high efficiency in organic photovoltaic solar cells. We showed the influence of the donor (P3HT) and acceptor (PCBM) material ratio and the impact of the P3HT molecular weight on the active layer morphology. We demonstrated the possibility of using well-designed block copolymers to help P3HT and PCBM compatibilization and to control their phase separation. We chose to synthesize P3HT-b-polystyrene and P3HT-b-polyisoprene for which each block is compatible with the active materials. Optimal addition of P3HT-b-polyisoprene enables to get a 30%-improved efficiency and a 90%-enhanced lifetime of the solar cells

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Liu, Jiakai. "Computational materials design of optical bandgaps for bulk heterojunction solar cell." Thesis, Boston University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/12150.

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Fundamental understanding of the structure-property relationship of pi-conjugated poly- mers is critical to predictive materials designs of bulk heterojunction solar cells. In this thesis, the adapted Su-Schrieffer-Heeger Hamiltonian is implemented as the computational tool to systematically explore the opto-electronic properties of nearly 250 different kinds of pi-conjugated systems. New physical insights on the structure-property relationship are extracted and transformed into practical guiding rules in optical bandgap designs. For the most power efficient donor-acceptor copolymer structures, we find that the energy variation of frontier orbitals, in particular the highest occupied molecular orbitals (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (LUMO), can be controlled either independently or collectively, depending on their specific donor or acceptor structures. In particular, we find that having five-membered conjugated carbon rings in the acceptor units is essential to break the electron-hole charge conjugation symmetry, so that the LUMO levels of the copolymer can be reduced dramatically while holding the HOMO energy levels in the donor units constant. On the other hand, by incorporating heteroatoms into the donors units, we can vary the HOMO levels of the copolymers independently. Predicted optical bandgaps of a total of 780 types of these copolymers constructed by using 39 different types of donor and acceptor units are tabulated in this thesis. In addition, the effects of introducing various side groups(-R, -0, -CO, -COO, and thiophene) on the primitive donor and acceptor structures are investigated and their results are discussed in details. Finally, unexpected localized states are found, for the first time, in our calculations for a few special co-polymer structures. These localized states, with electrons localized on one end of the copolymer chain and holes on the other end, contain large dipole moments and therefore may be treated as a new design dimension when these copolymers are placed in polar and non-polar solvent environments.

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Männig, Bert. "Organische p-i-n Solarzellen." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2005. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1105536432875-74979.

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In this work a p-i-n type heterojunction architecture for organic solar cells is shown, where the active region is sandwiched between two doped wide-gap layers. The term p-i-n means here a layer sequence in the form p-doped layer, intrinsic layer and n-doped layer. The doping is realized by controlled coevaporation using organic dopants and leads to conductivities of 10-4 to 10-5 S/cm in the p- and n-doped wide gap layers, respectively. The conductivity and field effect mobility of single doped layers can be described quantitatively in a self-consistent way by a percolation model. For the solar cells the photoactive layer is formed by a mixture of phthalocyanine zinc (ZnPc) and the fullerene C60 and shows mainly amorphous morphology. The solar cells exhibit a maximum external quantum efficiency of 40% between 630nm and 700nm wavelength. With the help of an optical multilayer model, the optical properties of the solar cells are optimized by placing the active region at the maximum of the optical field distribution. The results of the model are largely confirmed by the experimental findings. The optically optimized device shows an internal quantum efficiency of around 85% at short-circuit conditions and a power-conversion efficiency of 1.7%.

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