@inproceedings{25085b71dd5f4e818e83767ea5a488e5,
title = "Electro-optical model of photonic crystal bulk heterojunction organic solar cells",
abstract = "In this work, we present a two-dimensional electro-optical model for the operation of bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells with photonic crystal (PC) geometries. The model is applied to the test case of a one-dimensional (1-D) periodic PC device and a conventional planar control cell with poly[2-methoxy-5-(3′,7′-dimethyloctyloxy)-p-phenylene vinylene]:[6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester (MDMO-PPV:PCBM) as the photoactive BHJ material. From the optical model we demonstrate absorption enhancements of 16\% for the PC device compared to the planar control cell. In terms of the electrical model, the non-planar geometry of the PC significantly alters the internal electric field in the photoactive region, which causes a 5\% reduction in the exciton dissociation probability and a significant 8.4-fold increase in the bimolecular recombination rate. Investigations are also discussed which are currently being conducted to resolve these predictions with experiment.",
keywords = "organic photovoltaics, photonic crystals, solar cell models",
author = "Tumbleston, \{John R.\} and Ko, \{Doo Hyun\} and Samulski, \{Edward T.\} and Rene Lopez",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1063/1.3507192",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780735408302",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "121--129",
booktitle = "2009 Joint Annual Conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists - Proceedings of the Conference",
note = "2009 Joint Annual Conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists ; Conference date: 11-02-2009 Through 15-02-2009",
}
