Issue 1, 2015

Stable inverted small molecular organic solar cells using a p-doped optical spacer

Abstract

We report inverted small molecular organic solar cells using a doped window layer as an optical spacer. The optical spacer was used to shift the optical field distribution inside the active layers, generating more charge carriers from sunlight. In this report, N,N,N′,N′-tetrakis(4-methoxyphenyl)-benzidine (MeO-TPD) was doped with 2,2-(perfluoronaphthalene-2,6-diylidene)dimalononitrile (F6-TCNNQ), a p-type dopant material. P-doped MeO-TPD was adopted as an optical spacer because it has a large energy band gap, and its conductivity can be increased by several orders of magnitude through a doping process. As a result, a power conversion efficiency of 4.15% was achieved with the doped window layer of optimized thickness. Lastly, we present significantly improved stability of the inverted devices with the MeO-TPD layer.

Graphical abstract: Stable inverted small molecular organic solar cells using a p-doped optical spacer

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Sep 2014
Accepted
27 Oct 2014
First published
03 Nov 2014

Nanoscale, 2015,7, 157-165

Stable inverted small molecular organic solar cells using a p-doped optical spacer

S. Lee, J. Seo and J. Lee, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 157 DOI: 10.1039/C4NR05425C

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