Efficiency enhancement in small molecular organic photovoltaic devices employing dual anode interfacial layers

Tyler Fleetham; Barry O'Brien; John P. Mudrick; Jiangeng Xue; Jian Li

doi:10.1117/12.2023679

17 October 2013 Efficiency enhancement in small molecular organic photovoltaic devices employing dual anode interfacial layers

Tyler Fleetham, Barry O'Brien, John P. Mudrick, Jiangeng Xue, Jian Li

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Proceedings Volume 8830, Organic Photovoltaics XIV; 883009 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023679
Event: SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We demonstrated enhanced efficiency in small molecule organic photovoltaic devices using dual organic interfacial layers of PEDOT:PSS followed by tetracene between the ITO anode and the organic donor material. The use of a small molecular templating layer, such as tetracene, proved to increase the molecular stacking of the subsequent phthalocyanine (Pc) based donor materials. Upon application in planar heterojunction devices of ZnPc and C₆₀, an enhancement of over 80 percent in the donor contribution to the external quantum efficiency was observed attributed to the combination of exciton blocking by the higher band gap tetracene layer and enhanced exciton diffusion and charge transport resulting from the increased crystallinity.

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Tyler Fleetham, Barry O'Brien, John P. Mudrick, Jiangeng Xue, and Jian Li "Efficiency enhancement in small molecular organic photovoltaic devices employing dual anode interfacial layers", Proc. SPIE 8830, Organic Photovoltaics XIV, 883009 (17 October 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023679

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