Performance of Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Devices Prepared by Airbrush Spray Deposition

Green, R.; Morfa, A.; Ferguson, Andrew J.; Kopidakis, Nikos; Rumbles, Garry; Shaheen, S. E.

doi:10.1063/1.2836267

Performance of Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Devices Prepared by Airbrush Spray Deposition

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2008 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2836267· OSTI ID:940674

Green, R.; Morfa, A.; ; Kopidakis, Nikos; ; Shaheen, S. E.

We have used airbrush spray deposition to fabricate organic photovoltaic devices with an active layer composed of a blend of poly(3-hexylthiophene) and [6,6]-phenyl-C61 butyric acid methyl ester. Working devices were prepared in ambient conditions from a variety of common organic solvents; active layers prepared from chlorobenzene exhibit improved homogeneity, resulting in narrower distributions of the relevant device parameters. Further studies on devices prepared from chlorobenzene showed that annealing at 120 degrees C for 10 min resulted in optimum performance, and that an active layer thickness of 150 nm resulted in a maximum efficiency of 2.35% under AM1.5 illumination at 1 sun.

Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 940674

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-270-42633; MainId:47289; UUID:34874ef1-d4d4-e411-b769-d89d67132a6d; MainAdminId:29381

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 92; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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