SnO2 interlayer effects on the inverted polymer solar cells

Özen Y., Candan İ.

CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, cilt.740, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 740
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.cplett.2019.137078
  • Dergi Adı: CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Chimica, Compendex, INSPEC
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Inverted Polymer Solar Cells (IPSC), Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE), SnO2 and TiO2, LAYER, NANOCRYSTALS, TEMPERATURE, EXTRACTION, CONTACT, VOLTAGE, SIO2
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

By inserting a fin oxide (SnO2) thin film layer in between Fluorine-doped Tin Oxide (FTO) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) electron-selective layers, the performance of P3HT: PCBM based bulk-heterojunction type inverted polymer solar cells is considerably enhanced. A device with adding SnO2 layer showed a significant increase in PCE of 2.87% with an improved short-circuit current from 6.8 mA/cm(2) to 10.40 mA/cm (2), compared to a reference device without SnO2 layer (2.18%). The relative increase in PCE value was 31.7%. Such enhancement is assigned to the excellent optical transparency and high electrical conductivity of the wide-band gap of SnO2 thin film layer.