Organic photovoltaic cells made from sandwich-type rare earth phthalocyaninato double and triple deckers

This work presents organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells, which possess the capability for broad band photon harvesting from an ultraviolet-visible to a near infrared range. These solar cells are bulk heterojunction devices, which have been fabricated by free base phthalocyanine and rare earth phthalocyaninato double or triple deckers (electron donors) with a perylenediimide derivative (electron acceptor). Two-type cell structures with or without nanostructured TiO(2) layers have been presented. A characterization of the structures, steady state spectroscopy, fluorescence dynamics, and photoelectrical property of these cells and the active materials has been carried out. A cell structure of In(2)O(3) : SnO(2)/TiO(2)-active material-TiO(2)/Al has shown a significant improvement in conversion efficiency. (C) 2008 American Institute of Physics.