Charge carrier mobility and lifetime versus composition of conjugated polymer/fullerene bulk-heterojunction solar cells

G. Dennler; A. J. Mozer; G. Juška; A. Pivrikas; R. Österbacka; A. Fuchsbauer; N. S. Sariciftci

doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2006.02.004

Charge carrier mobility and lifetime versus composition of conjugated polymer/fullerene bulk-heterojunction solar cells

G. Dennler^*, A. J. Mozer, G. Juška, A. Pivrikas, R. Österbacka, A. Fuchsbauer, N. S. Sariciftci

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Abstract

Charge carrier mobility (μ), recombination kinetics, and lifetime (τ) have been investigated with the photo-induced charge carrier extraction by linearly increasing voltage technique (photo-CELIV) in blends of poly[2-methoxy-5-(3,7-dimethyloctyloxy)-phenylene vinylene] (MDMO-PPV) and 1-(3-methoxycarbonyl)propyl-1-phenyl-(6,6)-C₆₁(PCBM). Different MDMO-PPV/PCBM ratios have been studied showing that increasing the PCBM content induces an increase of the photo-CELIV mobility up to two orders of magnitude. Simultaneously, the lifetime of the charge carriers decreases in such a way that the product μ × τ appears almost constant independently of the blend composition. Recombination kinetics close to the Langevin one is observed for all PCBM concentrations studied.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	229-234
Number of pages	6
Journal	Organic Electronics
Volume	7
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2006.02.004
Publication status	Published - Aug 2006
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Bulk-heterojunction
Conjugated polymer
Fullerene
Lifetime
Mobility
Organic solar cells
Recombination kinetics

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