In:
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley, Vol. 21, No. 9 ( 2011-05-10), p. 1687-1692
Abstract:
The recombination dynamics of charge carriers in organic bulk‐heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells made of the blend system poly(2,5‐bis(3‐dodecylthiophen‐2‐yl)thieno[2,3‐b]thiophene) (pBTCT‐C 12 ):[6,6]‐phenyl‐C 61 ‐butyric acid methyl ester (PC 61 BM) with a donor–acceptor ratio of 1:1 and 1:4 are studied here. The techniques of charge‐carrier extraction by linearly increasing voltage (photo‐CELIV) and, as local probe, time‐resolved microwave conductivity are used. A difference of one order of magnitude is observed between the two blends in the initially extracted charge‐carrier concentration in the photo‐CELIV experiment, which can be assigned to an enhanced geminate recombination that arises through a fine interpenetrating network with isolated phase regions in the 1:1 pBTCT‐C 12 :PC 61 BM BHJ solar cells. In contrast, extensive phase segregation in 1:4 blend devices leads to an efficient polaron generation that results in an increased short‐circuit current density of the solar cells. For both studied ratios a bimolecular recombination of polarons is found using the complementary experiments. The charge‐carrier decay order of above two for temperatures below 300 K can be explained on the basis of a release of trapped charges. This mechanism leads to delayed bimolecular recombination processes. The experimental findings can be generalized to all polymer:fullerene blend systems allowing for phase segregation.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1616-301X
,
1616-3028
DOI:
10.1002/adfm.201002358
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2011
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2029061-5
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2039420-2
SSG:
11
