Journal
SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
Volume 117, Issue -, Pages 599-603Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.07.014
Keywords
Organic solar cell; S-shape; Barrier; Electrode; Drift-diffusion model; Plasma-treatment
Funding
- BMBF (OPEG) [13N9720]
- Reiner Lemoine foundation
- Science Council (V)
- Swedish Energy Agency
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
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Adjusting the work function of the two electrodes to the energy levels of the intrinsic active materials of an organic solar cell is crucial for a good device performance. Often, injection barriers (in combination with selective contacts blocking one charge carrier species) caused by a misaligned metal work function or extraction barriers resulting from insulating intentional or unintentional interlayers between metal and active layers, result in a decrease in fill factor seen in the extreme case in S-shaped current-voltage (J-V) characteristics. To avoid this S-kink, it is essential to identify its origin, desirably applying a simple experimental method. We propose an approach based on analyses of current-voltage data as a function of illumination intensity. A normalization of the J-V curves at the saturated photocurrent reveals distinctive features for each type of barrier. We apply the method to planar heterojunction small-molecule and bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells with oxidized metal electrode or plasma-treated active layer and explain the theory with a drift-diffusion model. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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