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Design Rules for Donors in Bulk‐Heterojunction Solar Cells—Towards 10 % Energy‐Conversion Efficiency
Advanced Materials · 2006 · Vol. 18(6) · pp. 789–794
Marcus Scharber✉D. MühlbacherMarkus KoppePatrick DenkChristoph WaldaufA. J. Heeger(University of California, Santa Barbara)Christoph J. Brabec
Abstract
For bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic cells fabricated from conjugated polymers and a fullerene derivative, the relation between the open-circuit voltage (Voc) and the oxidation potential for different conjugated polymers is studied. A linear relation between Voc and the oxidation potential is found (see figure). Based on this relation, the energy-conversion efficiency of a bulk-heterojunction solar cell is derived as a function of the bandgap and the energy levels of the conjugated polymer.
Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsConducting polymers and applicationsSemiconductor materials and interfacesMaterials scienceConjugated systemPolymer solar cellPhotovoltaic systemOrganic solar cellPolymerBand gapHeterojunctionEnergy conversion efficiencyOpen-circuit voltage
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