Capacitance Spectroscopy for Quantifying Recombination Losses in Nonfullerene Small-Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

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作者
Brus, Viktor V. [1 ]
Proctor, Christopher M. [1 ]
Ran, Niva A. [1 ]
Thuc-Quyen Nguyen [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Chem & Biochem, Ctr Polymers & Organ Solids, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
关键词
CHARGE-TRANSPORT; NONGEMINATE RECOMBINATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; FILL FACTOR; VOLTAGE; TEMPERATURE; EFFICIENCY;
D O I
10.1002/aenm.201502250
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The light intensity dependence of the main photoelectrical parameters of the nonfullerene small-molecule bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells p-DTS(FBTTh2)(2):perylene diimide (T1:PDI) shows that the nongeminate recombination losses play an important role in this system. A simple approach for the quantitative analysis of capacitance spectroscopy data of the organic BHJ solar cells, which allows to determine the density of free charge carriers as a function of applied bias under standard working conditions, is demonstrated. Using the proposed capacitance spectroscopic technique, the nongeminate recombination losses in the T1: PDI solar cells are quantitatively characterized in the scope of the bimolecular-and trap-assisted recombination mechanisms. Their contributions are separately analyzed within a wide range of the applied bias.
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