Organic thin-film solar cell employing a novel electron-donor material

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 1029-1032

  Fujishima, Daisuke ^a   Kanno, Hiroshi ^a   Kinoshita, Toshihiro ^a   Maruyama, Eiji ^a   Tanaka, Makoto ^a   Shirakawa, Makoto ^a   Shibata, Kenichi ^a  

^a SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heterojunction; Organic photovoltaic cell; Small molecule; Tetraphenyldibenzoperiflanthene

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREAS; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINES; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; ELECTRON DONORS; FULLERENE C; HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURES; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITALS; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL; ORGANIC THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; PHENANTHROLINE; SHORT-CIRCUIT CURRENT DENSITIES; SMALL MOLECULE; TETRAPHENYLDIBENZOPERIFLANTHENE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FULLERENES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 67349159375     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.11.034     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Tang C.W. Two-layer organic photovoltaic cell. Appl. Phys. Lett. 48 (1986) 183-185
2. Peumans P., Bulović V., and Forrest S.R. Efficient photon harvesting at high optical intensities in ultrathin organic double-heterostructure photovoltaic diodes. Appl. Phys. Lett. 76 (2000) 2650-2652
3. 60 photovoltaic cells. Appl. Phys. Lett. 79 (2000) 126-128
4. Suemori K., Miyata T., Yokoyama M., and Hiramoto M. Three-layered organic solar cells incorporating a nanostructure-optimized phthalocyanine:fullerene codeposited interlayer. Appl. Phys. Lett. 86 (2005) 063509
5. Shaheen S.E., Brabec C.J., Sariciftci N.S., Padinger F., Fromherz T., and Hummelen J.C. 2.5% efficient organic plastic solar cells. Appl. Phys. Lett. 78 (2001) 841-843
6. Peumans P., Yakimov A., and Forrest S.R. Small molecular weight organic thin-film photodetectors and solar cells. J. Appl. Phys. 93 (2003) 3693-3723
7. Yakimov A., and Forrest S.R. High photovoltage multiple-heterojunction organic solar cells incorporating interfacial metallic nanoclusters. Appl. Phys. Lett. 80 (2002) 1667-1669
8. Drechsel J., Männig B., Kozlowski F., Pfeiffer M., and Leo K. Efficient organic solar cells based on a double p-i-n architecture using doped wide-gap transport layers. Appl. Phys. Lett. 86 (2005) 244102
9. Kawano K., Ito N., Nishimori T., and Sakai J. Open circuit voltage of stacked bulk heterojunction organic solar cells. Appl. Phys. Lett. 88 (2002) 073514
10. Okumoto K., Kanno H., Hamada Y., Takahashi H., and Shibata K. High efficiency red organic light-emitting devices using tetraphenyldibenzoperiflanthene-doped rubrene as an emitting layer. Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 (2006) 013502
11. Rand B.P., Burk D.P., and Forrest S.R. Offset energies at organic semiconductor heterojunctions and their influence on the open-circuit voltage of thin-film solar cells. Phys. Rev. B 75 (2007) 115327