More stable hybrid organic solar cells deposited on amorphous Si electron transfer layer

Mehran Samiee, Brian Modtland, Damir Aidarkhanov, Vikram L. Dalal

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We report on defect densities, performance, and stability of organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells produced using n-doped inorganic amorphous silicon-carbide layers as the electron transport layer (ETL). The organic material was poly-3-hexyl-thiophene (P3HT) and heterojunction was formed using phenyl-C71-Butyric-Acid-Methyl Ester (PCBM). For comparison, inverted solar cells fabricated using Cs2CO3 as ETL were fabricated. Defect densities and subgap quantum efficiency curves were found to be nearly identical for both types of cells. The cells were subjected to 2xsun illumination and it was found that the cells produced using doped a-Si as ETL were much more stable than the cells produced using Cs2CO 3.

Original languageEnglish
Article number213909
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume104
Issue number21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 26 2014

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electron transfer
solar cells
cells
electrons
butyric acid
defects
organic materials
thiophenes
silicon carbides
amorphous silicon
heterojunctions
quantum efficiency
esters
illumination
curves

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More stable hybrid organic solar cells deposited on amorphous Si electron transfer layer. / Samiee, Mehran; Modtland, Brian; Aidarkhanov, Damir; Dalal, Vikram L.

In: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 104, No. 21, 213909, 26.05.2014.

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Samiee, M, Modtland, B, Aidarkhanov, D & Dalal, VL 2014, 'More stable hybrid organic solar cells deposited on amorphous Si electron transfer layer', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 104, no. 21, 213909. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4878405
Samiee M, Modtland B, Aidarkhanov D, Dalal VL. More stable hybrid organic solar cells deposited on amorphous Si electron transfer layer. Applied Physics Letters. 2014 May 26;104(21). 213909. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4878405
Samiee, Mehran ; Modtland, Brian ; Aidarkhanov, Damir ; Dalal, Vikram L. / More stable hybrid organic solar cells deposited on amorphous Si electron transfer layer. In: Applied Physics Letters. 2014 ; Vol. 104, No. 21.
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