Issue |
EPJ Photovolt.
Volume 5, 2014
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Article Number | 50403 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Organic Materials and Devices | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2014010 | |
Published online | 02 December 2014 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2014010
Route to enhance the efficiency of organic photovoltaic solar cells - by adding ferroelectric nanoparticles to P3HT/PCBM admixture
Emerging Technologies Research Centre, Hawthorn Building, De
Montfort University, The
Gateway, Leicester
LE1 9BH,
UK
a
e-mail: spaul@dmu.ac.uk
Received: 14 May 2014
Accepted: 15 October 2014
Published online: 2 December 2014
We have demonstrated that by adding ferroelectric nanoparticles to poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) photovoltaic devices the relative efficiency can be increased compared to the same blend without these nanoparticles. In this work samples of 20 mg/ml concentrations of P3HT and PCBM were prepared in a 1:1 ratio and the samples prepared using ferroelectric barium titanate (BT) and strontium titanate (ST) nanoparticles in a 1:1:0.5 ratio. The samples were spin coated onto ITO coated glass with a layer of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). A top electrode of aluminium 1 cm2 was deposited. The current-voltage characteristics of the devices were determined using a solar simulator and the absorption characteristics by UV-Vis spectroscopy. The samples with BT and ST exhibited increased absorption around 490 nm and increased open circuit voltage and short circuit current compared to the control P3HT/PCBM sample. The possible mechanism that helps to understand the increase in open circuit voltage and short circuit current is also proposed in this work.
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