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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 201, Issue -, Pages 331-338Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2017.08.021
Keywords
Transition metal dichalcogenides; Hybrid anode buffer layer; Organic photovoltaic cell; Planar heterojunction; Tin oxide anode
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- ECOS-CONICYT action [C14E05]
- CNRST Ministere, Morocco [PPR/2015/9]
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In this study, Mo(SxOy) thin films were deposited onto fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) using pulsed electrochemical deposition method. It is shown by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy that after water cleaning the deposited Mo(SxOy) film corresponds to a hybrid layer MoSx:MoO3. This hybrid is used as anode buffer layer (ABL) in planar organic photovoltaic cells (OPVCs) based on the couple copper-phthalocyanine/fullerene. It is shown that it is necessary to proceed to a soft annealing-5 min at 150 degrees C- of the anode FIO/Mo(SxOy) to clean the ABL surface in order to obtain efficient contact with the organic material. The OPVC with the optimum Mo(SxOy) thickness, 12 nm, showed a power conversion efficiency, PCE = 1.41% under an illumination of AM1.5, which is 12% higher than that achieved with a simple MoO3 ABL. This improvement is attributed to the fact that using a hybrid MoS2:MoO3 ABL allows to combine the advantages of its both constituents. The MoSx blocks the electrons, while the high work function of MoO3 induces a high hole extraction efficiency at the interface electron donor/anode. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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