A Simple Approach for Unraveling Optoelectronic Processes in Organic Solar Cells under Short-Circuit Conditions
Schopp N. Brus V.V. Lee J. Bazan G.C. Nguyen T.-Q.
January 7, 2021Wiley-VCH Verlag
Advanced Energy Materials
2021#11Issue 1
The short-circuit current (Jsc) of organic solar cells is defined by the interplay of exciton photogeneration in the active layer, geminate and non-geminate recombination losses and free charge carrier extraction. The method proposed in this work allows the quantification of geminate recombination and the determination of the mobility-lifetime product (µτ) as a single integrated parameter for charge transport and non-geminate recombination. Furthermore, the extraction efficiency is quantified based on the obtained µτ product. Only readily available experimental methods (current-voltage characteristics, external quantum efficiency measurements) are employed, which are coupled with an optical transfer matrix method simulation. The required optical properties of common organic photovoltaic (OPV) materials are provided in this work. The new approach is applied to three OPV systems in inverted or conventional device structures, and the results are juxtaposed against the µτ values obtained by an independent method based on the voltage–capacitance spectroscopy technique. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the new method can accurately predict the optimal active layer thickness.
external quantum efficiency , geminate recombination , mobility-lifetime products , organic photovoltaics , perovskite photovoltaics
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Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), Santa Barbara, 93106, CA, United States
Department of Physics, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, 010000, Kazakhstan
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, South Korea
Center for Polymers and Organic Solids
Department of Physics
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
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