Recombination in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Small Dependence of Interfacial Charge Transfer Kinetics on Fullerene Affinity.

Autor: Guerrero A; †Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices Group, Departament de Física, Universitat Jaume I, ES-12071 Castelló, Spain., Marchesi LF; †Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices Group, Departament de Física, Universitat Jaume I, ES-12071 Castelló, Spain.; ‡Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Eletroquímica e Cerâmica (LIEC) Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil., Boix PP; †Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices Group, Departament de Física, Universitat Jaume I, ES-12071 Castelló, Spain., Bisquert J; †Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices Group, Departament de Física, Universitat Jaume I, ES-12071 Castelló, Spain., Garcia-Belmonte G; †Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices Group, Departament de Física, Universitat Jaume I, ES-12071 Castelló, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The journal of physical chemistry letters [J Phys Chem Lett] 2012 May 17; Vol. 3 (10), pp. 1386-92. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 May 10.
DOI: 10.1021/jz3003958
Abstrakt: We investigate the causes for obtaining higher open-circuit voltage in solar cells that use a fullerene with a smaller electron affinity. Using impedance spectroscopy technique, we show that the change of fullerene LUMO energy has very little influence on the kinetic rate of charge transfer across the interface. In terms of the Marcus theory, large reorganization energy values govern the recombination kinetic rate, which is only slightly dependent on the fullerene LUMO energy, and also depends weakly on the energy location of recombining carriers within the broad density of states. Since the recombination rate is very similar in the different devices, we conclude that the larger open-circuit voltage is due to the larger donor HOMO/acceptor LUMO offset.
Databáze: MEDLINE