Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 4, Issue 1, 108(2011)

Flexible solar cells based on PCBM/P3HT heterojunction

Gentian YUE, Jihuai WU*, Yaoming XIAO, Jianming LIN, and Miaoliang HUANG
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  • Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Materials Physical Chemistry, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou 362021, China
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    [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) / poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) heterojunction has not only the absorption in ultraviolet light for PCBM, but also the absorption in visible light for P3HT, which widens the incident light harvest range, improving the photoelectrical response of hybrid solar cell effectively. Using conducting polymers blend heterojunction consisting of C60 derivatives PCBM and P3HT as charge carrier transferring medium to replace I -3 =I - redox electrolyte and dye, a novel flexible solar cell was fabricated in this study. The influence of PCBM/P3HT mass ratio on the photovoltaic performance of the solar cell was also studied. Under a simulated solar irradiation of 100mW$cm-2, the flexible solar cell achieved a light-to-electric energy conversion efficiency of 1.04%, an open circuit voltage of 0.86 V, short circuit current density of 2.6 mA$cm-2 and fill factor (FF) of 0.46.

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    Gentian YUE, Jihuai WU, Yaoming XIAO, Jianming LIN, Miaoliang HUANG. Flexible solar cells based on PCBM/P3HT heterojunction[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2011, 4(1): 108

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    Paper Information

    Received: Oct. 18, 2010

    Accepted: Dec. 30, 2010

    Published Online: Sep. 21, 2012

    The Author Email: WU Jihuai (jhwu@hqu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-011-0203-4

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