Stacked organic solar cells based on pentacene and C60

David Cheyns; Hans Gommans; Mathieu Odijk; Jef Poortmans; Paul Heremans

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2006.11.002

Stacked organic solar cells based on pentacene and C₆₀

David Cheyns^*
, Hans Gommans
, Mathieu Odijk
, Jef Poortmans
, Paul Heremans

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In order to improve photon harvesting, two small molecule organic solar cells are placed in series on top of each other. These stacked cells need an efficient recombination center in between both cells. In this study we test vacuum deposited metal layers as recombination centers with pentacene and buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀) as donor and acceptor, respectively. S-shaped curves are visible in the I-V characteristics when using thin layers of aluminum, indicating a barrier for extraction inside the device. Thin metal layers of gold or silver result in an increased open-circuit voltage without the appearance of these S-shaped features.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	399-404
Number of pages	6
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	91
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2006.11.002
Publication status	Published - 6 Mar 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Fullerene
Planar heterojunction solar cells
Stacked solar cells
Tandem

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