Experimental determination of the rate law for charge carrier decay in a polythiophene: Fullerene solar cell

被引：478

作者：

Shuttle, C. G. ^{[1
]}

O'Regan, B. ^{[1
]}

Ballantyne, A. M. ^{[2
]}

Nelson, J. ^{[2
]}

Bradley, D. D. C. ^{[2
]}

de Mello, J. ^{[1
]}

Durrant, J. R. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Dept Chem, Kensington SW7 2AZ, England

[2] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Dept Phys, Kensington SW7 2AZ, England

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2008年 / 92卷 / 09期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

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D O I：

10.1063/1.2891871

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We use transient photovoltage and differential charging experiments, complemented by transient absorption data, to determine charge carrier lifetimes and densities in a poly(3-hexylthiophene): methanofullerene solar cell at V(oc) as a function of white light-bias intensity. For a typical device, the charge carrier decay dynamics are observed to exhibit an approximately third order dependence on charge density (dn/dt proportional to n(3)). (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics.

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