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Annealing treatment effects on the performances of solar cells based on different composition systems

YU HUANG-ZHONG1,* , GE YUN-CHENG1, DONG YI-FAN1, LIANG WEN-YAO1

Affiliation

  1. College of Physics and Optoelectronic, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

Abstract

The solar cells based on different composition ratio blends of poly( 3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) as donors and [6,6]-phenyl C61 –butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) as acceptors are fabricated. Annealing treatment effects on the performances of solar cells based on different composition ratio blend systems are analyzed by ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy (UV-vis), photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL) and the dark J –V characteristics. The results show that as PCBM weight increases (P3HT/PCBM=2:1,1:1,1:2), 400-650 nm vibronic absorption peaks intensity attributed to the P3HT transition increase, but photoluminescence spectra intensity lower, and the open circuit voltage of solar cells also increases. The voltage at which the transition from the exponential region to space charge limited behavior in the dark J –V characteristics also increases with the increase in the PCBM concentration. 130 oC heat treatment produces different results on the performance of solar cells based on different proportions of P3HT:PCBM system. We discuss the causes of these phenomena by UV-vis absorption, PL spectroscopy and dark current-voltage curve..

Keywords

Annealing treatment, Different composition, Solar cell, Performance.

Citation

YU HUANG-ZHONG, GE YUN-CHENG, DONG YI-FAN, LIANG WEN-YAO, Annealing treatment effects on the performances of solar cells based on different composition systems, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 9, 3-4, March-April 2015, pp.372-376 (2015).

Submitted at: June 14, 2014

Accepted at: March 19, 2015