Investigation of Various Active Layers for Their Performance on Organic Solar Cells
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Material Thickness (nm) | JSC (mA/cm2) | VOC (V) | FF (%) | η (%) | RS (Ω) | RSh (kΩ) |
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SubPc | 4.57 ± 0.02 | 1.00 ± 0.01 | 55.27 ± 1.22 | 2.52 ± 0.10 | 31.71 | 1.125 |
9 | ||||||
CuPc | 3.41 ± 0.05 | 0.39 ± 0.02 | 54.00 ± 1.31 | 0.70 ± 0.08 | 23.63 | 0.96 |
20 | ||||||
α-6T | 3.67 ± 0.08 | 0.35 ± 0.02 | 55.30 ± 1.17 | 0.71 ± 0.05 | 23.53 | 0.96 |
40 |
Material Thickness (nm) | JSC (mA/cm2) | VOC (V) | FF (%) | η (%) | RS (Ω) | RSh (kΩ) |
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α-6T | ITO/MoO3/α-6T (X nm)/C70 (30 nm)/BCP/Ag | |||||
40 | 6.01 ± 0.07 | 0.36 ± 0.02 | 56.56 ± 1.02 | 1.23 ± 0.10 | 12.55 | 0.386 |
50 | 5.98 ± 0.02 | 0.38 ± 0.02 | 56.37 ± 1.04 | 1.28 ± 0.09 | 12.79 | 0.49 |
60 | 5.92 ± 0.05 | 0.39 ± 0.01 | 53.57 ± 1.42 | 1.24 ± 0.07 | 15.46 | 0.501 |
C70 | ITO/MoO3/α-6T (40 nm)/C70 (X nm)/BCP/Ag | |||||
20 | 6.35 ± 0.05 | 0.34 ± 0.01 | 58.30 ± 0.02 | 1.26 ± 0.04 | 9.77 | 0.563 |
25 | 7.05 ± 0.05 | 0.35 ± 0.02 | 58.28 ± 0.03 | 1.44 ± 0.09 | 9.47 | 0.454 |
30 | 6.26 ± 0.02 | 0.35 ± 0.02 | 57.66 ± 0.07 | 1.26 ± 0.08 | 11.23 | 0.517 |
32 | 6.03 ± 0.07 | 0.33 ± 0.01 | 57.01 ± 0.11 | 1.14 ± 0.04 | 10.31 | 0.416 |
SubNc | ITO/MoO3/SubNc (X nm)/C70 (30 nm)/BCP/Ag | |||||
10 | 7.15 ± 0.13 | 0.68 ± 0.02 | 44.12 ± 1.85 | 2.15 ± 0.19 | 24.95 | 0.311 |
40 | 6.73 ± 0.11 | 0.72 ± 0.01 | 29.71 ± 1.77 | 1.44 ± 0.13 | 82.81 | 0.178 |
50 | 4.58 ± 0.18 | 0.70 ± 0.02 | 25.11 ± 1.82 | 0.81 ± 0.11 | 123.32 | 0.184 |
Material Thickness (nm) | JSC (mA/cm2) | VOC (V) | FF (%) | η (%) | RS (Ω) | RSh (kΩ) |
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SubPc | ITO/MoO3/α-6T (50 nm)/SubPc (X nm)/BCP/Ag | |||||
9 | 6.01 ± 0.03 | 0.36 ± 0.03 | 56.56 ± 0.04 | 1.23 ± 0.10 | 12.55 | 0.386 |
5 | 5.98 ± 0.02 | 0.38 ± 0.01 | 56.37 ± 0.07 | 1.28 ± 0.04 | 12.79 | 0.49 |
18 | 5.92 ± 0.06 | 0.39 ± 0.02 | 53.57 ± 1.01 | 1.24 ± 0.10 | 15.46 | 0.501 |
α-6T | ITO/MoO3/α-6T (X nm)/SubPc (18 nm)/BCP/Ag | |||||
50 | 4.14 ± 0.07 | 0.87 ± 0.03 | 50.70 ± 1.72 | 1.83 ± 0.13 | 53.64 | 1.45 |
60 | 3.83 ± 0.07 | 1.04 ± 0.03 | 64.14 ± 1.98 | 2.56 ± 0.21 | 17.24 | 2.689 |
SubNc | ITO/MoO3/α-6T (60 nm)/SubNc (X nm)/BCP/Ag | |||||
12 | 5.75 ± 0.34 | 0.73 ± 0.04 | 51.66 ± 1.42 | 2.17 ± 0.32 | 64.86 | 0.608 |
16 | 5.68 ± 0.26 | 0.61 ± 0.05 | 51.79 ± 1.58 | 1.80 ± 0.29 | 12.46 | 0.481 |
SubNc Thickness (nm) | JSC (mA/cm2) | VOC (V) | FF (%) | η (%) | RS (Ω) | RSh (kΩ) |
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0 | 3.83 ± 0.05 | 1.04 ± 0.02 | 64.14 ± 1.55 | 2.56 ± 0.14 | 17.24 | 2.689 |
3 | 7.19 ± 0.02 | 0.96 ± 0.02 | 43.61 ± 1.24 | 3.01 ± 0.16 | 25.94 | 0.878 |
6 | 8.28 ± 0.01 | 0.93 ± 0.03 | 45.20 ± 1.31 | 3.48 ± 0.12 | 19.29 | 0.576 |
12 | 10.12 ± 0.06 | 0.94 ± 0.01 | 44.12 ± 1.48 | 4.20 ± 0.19 | 17.41 | 0.449 |
15 | 9.88 ± 0.01 | 0.94 ± 0.02 | 46.81 ± 1.17 | 4.35 ± 0.20 | 12.95 | 0.443 |
18 | 6.14 ± 0.03 | 0.93 ± 0.02 | 48.65 ± 1.06 | 2.78 ± 0.13 | 20.48 | 0.615 |
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Huang, P.-H.; Wang, Y.-H.; Ke, J.-C.; Huang, C.-J. Investigation of Various Active Layers for Their Performance on Organic Solar Cells. Materials 2016, 9, 667. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma9080667
Huang P-H, Wang Y-H, Ke J-C, Huang C-J. Investigation of Various Active Layers for Their Performance on Organic Solar Cells. Materials. 2016; 9(8):667. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma9080667
Chicago/Turabian StyleHuang, Pao-Hsun, Yeong-Her Wang, Jhong-Ciao Ke, and Chien-Jung Huang. 2016. "Investigation of Various Active Layers for Their Performance on Organic Solar Cells" Materials 9, no. 8: 667. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma9080667