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The Post Annealing Effect of Organic Thin Film Solar Cells with P3HT:PCBM Active Layer  

Jang, Seong-Kyu (Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Dankook University)
Gong, Su-Cheol (Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Dankook University)
Chang, Ho-Jung (Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Dankook University)
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Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society / v.17, no.2, 2010 , pp. 63-67 More about this Journal
Abstract
The organic solar cells with Glass/ITO/PEDOT:PSS/P3HT:PCBM/Al structure were fabricated using regioregular poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) polymer:(6,6)- phenyl $C_{61}$-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) fullerene polymer as the bulk hetero-junction layer. The P3HT and PCBM as the electron donor and acceptor materials were spin casted on the indium tin oxide (ITO) coated glass substrates. The optimum mixing concentration ratio of photovoltaic layer was found to be P3HT:PCBM = 4:4 in wt%, indicating that the short circuit current density ($J_{SC}$), open circuit voltage ($V_{OC}$), fill factor (FF) and power conversion efficiency (PCE) values were about 4.7 $mA/cm^2$, 0.48 V, 43.1% and 0.97%, respectively. To investigate the effects of the post annealing treatment, as prepared organic solar cells were post annealed at the treatment time range from 5min to 20min at $150^{\circ}C$. $J_{SC}$ and $V_{OC}$ increased with increasing the post annealing time from 5min to 15min, which may be originated from the improvement of the light absorption coefficient of P3HT and improved ohmic contact between photo voltaic layer and Al electrode. The maximum $J_{SC},\;V_{OC}$, FF and PCE values of organic solar cell, which was post annealed for 15min at $150^{\circ}C$, were found to be about 7.8 $mA/cm^2$, 0.55 V, 47% and 2.0%, respectively.
Keywords
organic solar cell; post annealing; bulk hetero-junction; P3HT; PCBM;
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