Solar cells based on the poly(N-vinylcarbazole):porphyrin: tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato) aluminium blend system

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/20/3/038401

Abstract Organic solar cells based on poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK): porphyrin: tris (8-hydroxyquinolinato) aluminium (Alq3) blend p-n junction systems have been fabricated in this work. The roles of the different components in the blend system and of the amount of porphyrin have been investigated. The 5, 10, 15, 20--tetraphenylporphyrin (TPP) and 5, 10, 15, 20-tetra(o-chloro)phenylporphyrinato-copper (CuTClPP) are used in the solar cells. The results show that TPP is better than CuTClPP in enhancing the performance of PVK:Alq3 solar cells. When the weight ratio of PVK:TPP:Alq3 is 1:1.5:1, the best performance of solar cell is obtained. The open circuit voltage (V_oc) is 0.87 V, and the short circuit current (J_sc) is 17.5 μA·cm^{- 2}. In the ternary bulk hereojunction system, the device may be regarded as a cascade of three devices of PVK:TPP, TPP:Alq3 and PVK:Alq3. PVK, TPP and Alq3 can improve the hole mobility, light absorption intensity and electron mobility of the ternary bulk hereojunction system, respectively.

Keywords: organic solar cell porphyrin ternary blend system

Received: 30 July 2010
Revised: 17 October 2010
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PACS:	84.60.Jt	(Photoelectric conversion)
	88.40.-j	(Solar energy)
	88.40.jr	(Organic photovoltaics)
	78.56.-a	(Photoconduction and photovoltaic effects)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60978060 and 50602008), the Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission (Grant No. Z090803044009001), and the Excellent Doctor's Science and Technology Innovation Foundation of Beijing Jiaotong University of China (Grant No. 141107522).

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Zhang Tian-Hui(张天慧), Zhao Su-Ling (赵谡玲), Piao Ling-Yu(朴玲钰), Xu Zheng(徐征), Ju Si-Ting(鞠思婷), Liu Xiao-Dong(刘晓东), Kong Chao(孔超), and Xu Xu-Rong(徐叙瑢) Solar cells based on the poly(N-vinylcarbazole):porphyrin: tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato) aluminium blend system 2011 Chin. Phys. B 20 038401

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