Modified equivalent circuit for organic solar cells
Description
In this work a newly fabricated organic solar cell based on a composite of fullerene derivative [6,6]-phenyl-C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) and regioregular poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) with an added interfacial layer of AgOx in between the PEDOT:PSS layer and the ITO layer is investigated. Previous equivalent circuit models are discussed and an equivalent circuit model is proposed for the fabricated device. Incorporation of the AgOx interfacial layer shows an increase in fill factor (by 33%) and power conversion efficiency (by 28%). Moreover proper correlation has been achieved between the experimental and simulated I-V plots. The simulation shows that device characteristics can be explained with accuracy by the proposed model.
Date Created
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2015
Agent
- Author (aut): Hossain, Nazmul
- Thesis advisor (ths): Alford, Terry L.
- Committee member: Theodore, David
- Committee member: Krause, Stephen
- Publisher (pbl): Arizona State University