Journal
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS
Volume 72, Issue 12, Pages 1430-1435Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2011.08.020
Keywords
Fullerenes; Organic compounds; Thin films; Vapor deposition; Electron microscopy
Funding
- Department of Physics
- Virginia Tech (VT), USA
- Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan
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Bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells were fabricated based on blended films of a porphyrin derivative 5,10,15,20-Tetraphenyl-21H,23H-porphine zinc (ZnTPP) and a fullerene derivative [6,6]-phenyl-C-61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) as the active layer. The ZnTTP:PCBM BHJ solar cells were fabricated by spin-casting of the blended layer. The weight ratios of ZnTPP and PCBM were varied from 1:1 to 0:10. The electronic and optical properties of each cell were investigated. Optical density (OD) of the blended film for each cell was extracted from its reflection and transmission curves. OD and average absorption coefficients of the active materials were used to determine film thicknesses. Absorption spectra of each component material were compared with the spectra of the blended films. Current density-Voltage (J-V) characteristics were recorded under dark as well as under the illumination of AM 1.5G (1 sun) solar spectrum. The BHJ solar cell with ZnTPP:PCBM ratio of 1:9 showed the best performance. The values of RR, V-OC, J(SC), FF and eta for these ratios were 106.3, 0.4 V. 1.316 mA/cm(2), 0.4 and 0.21%, respectively. The cross-section of this device using SEM was also examined. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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