Performance of Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Devices Prepared by Airbrush Spray Deposition

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

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Abstract

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 °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.

Original languageAmerican English
Article numberArticle No. 033301
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume92
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/JA-270-42633

Keywords

  • annealing
  • converters
  • electrical properties and parameters
  • heterostructures
  • photovoltaics
  • polymers
  • solar cells
  • spin cast method
  • spin coating
  • welding

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