Transparent electrode with ZnO nanoparticles in tandem organic solar cells

Donggu Lee; Wan Ki Bae; Insun Park; Do Y. Yoon; Seonghoon Lee; Changhee Lee

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2010.04.020

Transparent electrode with ZnO nanoparticles in tandem organic solar cells

Donggu Lee
, Wan Ki Bae
, Insun Park
, Do Y. Yoon
, Seonghoon Lee
, Changhee Lee

Seoul National University

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Abstract

The transparent inter-electrodes with the p/n heterojunction consisting of the solution-processible ZnO nanoparticles as the n-type and the conventional hole injection layers (MoO₃ or PEDOT:PSS) as the p-type materials are studied for developing tandem organic solar cells employing different band gap active materials (i.e., P3HT:PCBM blend layer for larger band gap material in the bottom cell and ZnPc/C₆₀ bilayer for smaller band gap material in the top cell). For the ZnO/PEDOT:PSS inter-electrode, the V_OC corresponding to the sum of V_OC's of the top and bottom unit cells is obtained, denoting that the two unit cells are successfully connected in series. For the ZnO/MoO₃ inter-electrode, the open-circuit voltage (V_OC) of the tandem cell is smaller than the sum of V_OC's of the top and bottom unit cells, but it can be increased by inserting a very thin Al layer (∼3 nm) between ZnO and MoO₃ (ZnO/Al/MoO ₃) as the recombination center for carriers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	365-368
Number of pages	4
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	95
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2010.04.020
State	Published - Jan 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Inter-electrode
Tandem organic solar cell
ZnO nanoparticle

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