Ternary Bulk Heterojunction Photoactive Layer for Organic Solar Cells

Authors

  • M. A. Sbei Laboratory of Smart Grid and Nanotechnology, National School of Sciences and Advanced Technologies of Borj Cédria, University of Carthage, BP 95, 2050 Hammam-Lif, Tunisia.
  • H. Derouiche Laboratory of Smart Grid and Nanotechnology, National School of Sciences and Advanced Technologies of Borj Cédria, University of Carthage, BP 95, 2050 Hammam-Lif, Tunisia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/nicst/v4/6791D

Keywords:

Organic solar cells, thin film, ternary bulk heterojunction

Abstract

A ternary thin film has been fabricated using poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) / copper phthalocyanine (CuPc)/ [6,6]-phényl-C61-butanoate de méthyle (PCBM) and deposed between an indium tin oxide (ITO)/ poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): Poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT/PSS) photoanode and a D-?-A indoline (D129)/ aluminium photocathode. The thin films have been characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) and ultraviolet/visible spectroscopy in order to study the influence of adding P3HT on the morphological, structural and optical properties of the photoactive layer. We have also compared the I-V characteristics of ITO/ PEDOT:PSS/ CuPc0.5: PCBM0.5/ D129/ Al and ITO/ PEDOT:PSS/ P3HT0.3:CuPc0.3:PCBM0.4/ D129/ Al organic solar cells with and with and without annealing. Both structures show good open-circuit voltage and Fill Factor. Indeed, the incorporation of P3HT into CuPc:PCBM thin film improves all the photovoltaic properties.

Published

2021-02-10

How to Cite

M. A. Sbei, & H. Derouiche. (2021). Ternary Bulk Heterojunction Photoactive Layer for Organic Solar Cells. New Ideas Concerning Science and Technology Vol. 4, 88–93. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/nicst/v4/6791D

Issue

New Ideas Concerning Science and Technology Vol. 4

Section

Chapters