Thursday, July 15, 2010

Solution-processed bulk heterojunction organic solar cells based on an oligothiophene derivative

Table I. The Voc, Jsc, FF, and PCE of the photovoltaic devices with different blends.
Ratios of the blends
(wt/wt)
Voc
(V)
Jsc
(mA cm−2)
FFPCE
(%)
DCN7T:PCBM (1:0.6)0.600.290.230.04
DCN7T:PCBM (1:1)0.886.60.191.1
DCN7T:PCBM (1:1.4)0.8812.40.343.7
DCN7T:PCBM (1:1.8)0.7810.20.403.2

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Solution-Processed Squaraine Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells

Table 1. Summary of Solar Cell Characteristics of Different SQ:PC70BM Blend Ratios and a SQ/C60 Planar Control Cell
SQ:PC70BM ratioVoc (V)JSC (mA/cm2)FFJ0 (mA/cm2)ηp (%) at P0 = 1 sunηp (%) (max)P0 at max ηp (mW/cm2)
3:10.68(±0.03)1.79(±0.19)0.26(±0.01)2.8×10−20.32(±0.01)0.32(±0.01)100
1:10.81(±0.01)3.61(±0.03)0.31(±0.01)1.1×10−20.90(±0.01)0.90(±0.01)100
1:20.87(±0.01)8.33(±0.50)0.29(±0.01)3.7×10−72.1 (±0.1)4.1(±0.2)2
1:30.84(±0.01)8.83(±0.34)0.33(±0.01)8.7×10−62.4 (±0.1)3.0(±0.1)2
1:60.89(±0.01)8.85(±0.22)0.35(±0.01)6.2×10−72.7 (±0.1)3.3(±0.1)20
1:6/BCP0.84(±0.01)9.33(±0.12)0.36(±0.01)2.7×10−72.9 (±0.2)3.8(±0.2)0.2
SQ:PC60BM 1:60.78(±0.01)9.17(±0.25)0.42(±0.01)1.6×10−53.0 (±0.1)3.6(±0.1)2
SQ/C600.79(±0.01)8.90(±0.25)0.54(±0.02)1.2×10−63.8 (±0.2)4.1(±0.2)100
SQ/C700.72(±0.01)8.29(±0.25)0.45(±0.02)1.1×10−52.7 (±0.2)3.1(±0.2)20

ACS Nano, 2010, 4 (4), pp 1927–1934

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Marked Alkyl- vs Alkenyl-Substitutent Effects on Squaraine Dye Solid-State Structure, Carrier Mobility, and Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cell Efficiency

DOI: 10.1021/ja100520q
Table 1. Comparison of Squaraine:PCxxBM BHJ Photovoltaic Cellsa,b
Sqr./PCxxBM
(wt:wt)]
dhtc
[nm]
Dald
[nm]
Jsc
[mA/cm2]
Voc
[V]
FF
[%]
PCE (PCEmax)
[%]
1/PC61BM (1:1)50653.830.49340.63(0.68)
2/PC61BM (1:1)50654.310.59340.87(0.99)
1/PC61BM (1:3)75354.130.54330.77(0.78)
2/PC61BM (1:3)75355.150.56371.10(1.20)
2/PC61BM (1:3)e75355.680.59391.34(1.45)
1/PC71BM (1:3)75356.400.52351.12(1.29)
2/PC71BM (1:3)75358.210.56371.72(1.75)
1/PC71BM (1:3)e75507.160.55371.39(1.47)
2/PC71BM (1:3)e75359.320.57371.99(2.05)


Friday, March 5, 2010

Solution Processable Fluorenyl Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes in Organic Field-Effect Transistors and Solar Cells


Device performance of BHJ solar cells with active layers consisting of 1:2 FHBC/PC61BM blends. Active layer thickness was 60-70 nm, and device area was 0.2 cm2. The numbers shown are average values over several devices.

DonorAnnealing 150 °C, 15 sVoc [V]Jsc [mA cm-2]FF [%] [a]

4No0.58-0.180.310.03
4Yes0.61-0.170.320.03
5No0.84-1.690.370.53
5Yes0.87-2.030.601.06
6No0.93-1.870.450.78
6Yes0.90-2.680.611.46

[a] = Jsc × Voc × FF.

10.1002/adfm.200901827