Indium-Doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films as Effective Anodes of Organic Photovoltaic Devices

Indium-doped zinc oxide (IZO) thin films were prepared by low-cost ultrasonic spray pyrolysis (USP). Both a low resistivity (3.13 x 10(-3) Omega cm) and an average direct transmittance (400 similar to 1500 nm) about 80% of the IZO films were achieved. The IZO films were investigated as anodes in bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices based on poly(3-hexylthiophene) and [6,6]-phenyl C-61-butyric acid methyl ester. The device fabricated on IZO film-coated glass substrate showed an open circuit voltage of 0.56 V, a short circuit current of 8.49 mA cm(-2), a fill factor of 0.40, and a power conversion efficiency of 1.91%, demonstrating that the IZO films prepared by USP technique are promising low In content and transparent electrode candidates of low-cost OPV devices.