Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2011-07-08
Adv. Func. Mat. 21, 1687 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
14 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1002/adfm.201002358
We studied the recombination dynamics of charge carriers in organic bulk heterojunction solar cells made of the blend system poly(2,5-bis(3-dodecyl thiophen-2-yl) thieno[2,3-b]thiophene) (pBTCT-C12):[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC61BM) with a donor--acceptor ratio of 1:1 and 1:4. The techniques of charge carrier extraction by linearly increasing voltage (photo-CELIV) and, as local probe, time-resolved microwave conductivity (TRMC) were used. We observed a difference in the initially extracted charge carrier concentration in the photo-CELIV experiment by one order of magnitude, which we assigned to an enhanced geminate recombination due to a fine interpenetrating network with isolated phase regions in the 1:1 pBTCT-C12:PC61BM bulk heterojunction solar cells. In contrast, extensive phase segregation in 1:4 blend devices leads to an efficient polaron generation resulting in an increased short circuit current density of the solar cell. For both studied ratios a bimolecular recombination of polarons was found using the complementary experiments. The charge carrier decay order of above two for temperatures below 300 K can be explained by a release of trapped charges. This mechanism leads to a delayed bimolecular recombination processes. The experimental findings can be generalized to all polymer:fullerene blend systems allowing for phase segregation.
Baumann Andreas
Deibel Carsten
Dyakonov Vladimir
Heeney Martin
Murthy Dharmapura Hanumantharaya K.
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