Thickness dependence and solution-degradation effect in poly(3-hexylthiophene):phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester based solar cells

Hui Jin; Juuso Olkkonen; Markus Tuomikoski; Pälvi Kopola; Arto Maaninen; Jukka Hast

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2009.11.007

Thickness dependence and solution-degradation effect in poly(3-hexylthiophene):phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester based solar cells

Hui Jin^*
, Juuso Olkkonen
, Markus Tuomikoski
, Pälvi Kopola
, Arto Maaninen
, Jukka Hast

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The performance of bulk-heterojunction solar cells made with poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) as the donor and phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) as the acceptor depends strongly on various factors in fabrication processes. This work studies the effect of the thickness of the P3HT:PCBM layer produced in the spin coating process on photovoltaic performances. Thickness dependent optical absorption in P3HT:PCBM layer is numerically modelled and the results are compared with experimental data. In addition, it is analyzed how degradation of air-exposed P3HT:PCBM blends depends on the storage time in nitrogen atmosphere.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	465-470
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	94
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2009.11.007
Publication status	Published - 2010
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Degradation
film thickness
fullerene
photovoltaic
polymer

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Thickness dependence and solution-degradation effect in poly(3-hexylthiophene):phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester based solar cells

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