Antenna effects and improved efficiency in multiple heterojunction photovoltaic cells based on pentacene, zinc phthalocyanine, and C60
For organic solar cells, effective absorption over a wide wavelength range is important. A simple donor-acceptor pair is usually not sufficient to reach this goal. Thus, it would be desirable to utilize multiple photoactive materials in a single cell. In this work, two hole conducting materials, pen...
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| author | Hong, Z Lessmann, R Maennig, B Huang, Q Harada, K Riede, M Leo, K |
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| description | For organic solar cells, effective absorption over a wide wavelength range is important. A simple donor-acceptor pair is usually not sufficient to reach this goal. Thus, it would be desirable to utilize multiple photoactive materials in a single cell. In this work, two hole conducting materials, pentacene and zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc), and electron conducting C60 are chosen to construct three-component heterojunctions aiming at improved effective photon harvesting in organic solar cells. It is found that in pentacene/ZnPc/ C60 multiple heterojunctions, part of the excitons in pentacene reach the ZnPc/ C60 interface, where efficient exciton separation occurs and contributes to the photocurrent (PC). Triplet excitons are confirmed to be the major origin of PC by transient PC response measurements, suggesting that triplet-to-triplet energy transfer from pentacene to ZnPc is responsible for the improved PC of pentacene/ZnPc/ C60 multiheterojunctions. Furthermore, exothermic energy transfer from ZnPc to the lower lying triplet levels of pentacene is employed for extending the absorption range and enlarging the absorption intensity. To realize such a structure, an ultrathin ZnPc layer is embedded in the pentacene film in pentacene/ C60 single heterojunctions, leading to an enhanced quantum efficiency in the long wavelength range compared to the reference cell. These findings pave a way to efficient photovoltaic cells with a wide photoresponse ranging from near UV through the visible to the near infrared. © 2009 American Institute of Physics. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:06acd4f9-7e7f-480b-9276-057306f149c62022-03-26T09:03:42ZAntenna effects and improved efficiency in multiple heterojunction photovoltaic cells based on pentacene, zinc phthalocyanine, and C60Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:06acd4f9-7e7f-480b-9276-057306f149c6EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordAmerican Institute of Physics2009Hong, ZLessmann, RMaennig, BHuang, QHarada, KRiede, MLeo, KFor organic solar cells, effective absorption over a wide wavelength range is important. A simple donor-acceptor pair is usually not sufficient to reach this goal. Thus, it would be desirable to utilize multiple photoactive materials in a single cell. In this work, two hole conducting materials, pentacene and zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc), and electron conducting C60 are chosen to construct three-component heterojunctions aiming at improved effective photon harvesting in organic solar cells. It is found that in pentacene/ZnPc/ C60 multiple heterojunctions, part of the excitons in pentacene reach the ZnPc/ C60 interface, where efficient exciton separation occurs and contributes to the photocurrent (PC). Triplet excitons are confirmed to be the major origin of PC by transient PC response measurements, suggesting that triplet-to-triplet energy transfer from pentacene to ZnPc is responsible for the improved PC of pentacene/ZnPc/ C60 multiheterojunctions. Furthermore, exothermic energy transfer from ZnPc to the lower lying triplet levels of pentacene is employed for extending the absorption range and enlarging the absorption intensity. To realize such a structure, an ultrathin ZnPc layer is embedded in the pentacene film in pentacene/ C60 single heterojunctions, leading to an enhanced quantum efficiency in the long wavelength range compared to the reference cell. These findings pave a way to efficient photovoltaic cells with a wide photoresponse ranging from near UV through the visible to the near infrared. © 2009 American Institute of Physics. |
| spellingShingle | Hong, Z Lessmann, R Maennig, B Huang, Q Harada, K Riede, M Leo, K Antenna effects and improved efficiency in multiple heterojunction photovoltaic cells based on pentacene, zinc phthalocyanine, and C60 |
| title | Antenna effects and improved efficiency in multiple heterojunction photovoltaic cells based on pentacene, zinc phthalocyanine, and C60 |
| title_full | Antenna effects and improved efficiency in multiple heterojunction photovoltaic cells based on pentacene, zinc phthalocyanine, and C60 |
| title_fullStr | Antenna effects and improved efficiency in multiple heterojunction photovoltaic cells based on pentacene, zinc phthalocyanine, and C60 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Antenna effects and improved efficiency in multiple heterojunction photovoltaic cells based on pentacene, zinc phthalocyanine, and C60 |
| title_short | Antenna effects and improved efficiency in multiple heterojunction photovoltaic cells based on pentacene, zinc phthalocyanine, and C60 |
| title_sort | antenna effects and improved efficiency in multiple heterojunction photovoltaic cells based on pentacene zinc phthalocyanine and c60 |
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