Journal
THIN SOLID FILMS
Volume 491, Issue 1-2, Pages 298-300Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2005.06.006
Keywords
solar cells; heterejunctions; interface; layer sequence
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We report on a concept for organic solar cells where the layer sequence is inverted compared to the conventional setup. In such a configuration a conducting polymer layer is used as the transparent anode which is able to transport the photocurrent laterally to a metal grid. For the anode a low sheet resistance and a work function matching approximately the chemical potential of the holes of the illuminated photoactive layer is required. We showed that the poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) doped with poly(styrenesulfonate) fits to these requirements. In our setup an aluminium cathode was used. It turned out that for the inverted setup the interface between aluminium and the photoactive layer has to be protected against oxidation. Our investigations show that with a thin layer (20 nm) of electron-beam deposited titanium between aluminium and the photoactive layer the electrical contact is drastically improved. A solar cell efficiency of (1.4 +/- 0.3)% was reached in this case. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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