Implementing nanometer-scale confinement in organic semiconductor bulk heterojunction solar cells

Jonathan E. Allen; Kevin G. Yager; Htay Hlaing; Chang Yong Nam; Benjamin M. Ocko; Charles T. Black

doi:10.1117/1.JPE.2.021008

Implementing nanometer-scale confinement in organic semiconductor bulk heterojunction solar cells

Jonathan E. Allen
, Kevin G. Yager
, Htay Hlaing
, Chang Yong Nam
, Benjamin M. Ocko
, Charles T. Black

Materials Science and Engineering

Brookhaven National Laboratory Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department
Stony Brook University

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Abstract

We discuss fabrication processes for implementing nanometer scale confinement in an organic bulk heterojunction device architecture, including formation and integration of the confining self-assembled template. Such confinement has a beneficial influence on the electrical properties of blended poly(3-hexylthiophene): [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester organic solar cell active layers. Crystallization of the blend upon annealing is inhibited by the confining template, which we understand through analysis of x-ray scattering measurements.

Original language	English
Article number	021008
Journal	Journal of Photonics for Energy
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.2.021008
State	Published - Jan 2012

Keywords

Atomic layer deposition
Inverted
Organic, template
Photovoltaic
Self-assembly
Solar cell
TiO

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