• DocumentCode
    243380
  • Title

    Comparison of performance in P3HT:PCBM bulk heterojunction organic solar cells of different thickness

  • Author

    Saradhi, Ananth ; Prabhakara Rao, B.V.V.S.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Birla Inst. of Technol. & Sci., Hyderabad, India
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-7 Jan. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    In this work, I-V curves of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells were simulated using Silvaco ATLAS TCAD tool and the dependence of performance metrics on blend thickness was investigated. The results from the simulations were compared with experimental data from literature. It was observed that as thickness of the blend increases, the difference in values of parameters calculated assuming uniform exciton generation and non-uniform generation increases.
  • Keywords
    polymers; semiconductor heterojunctions; solar cells; I-V curves; P3HT:PCBM bulk heterojunction organic solar cells; Silvaco ATLAS TCAD tool; blend thickness; nonuniform generation; uniform exciton generation; Excitons; Heterojunctions; Market research; Materials; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic cells; Short-circuit currents; Koster; Organic solar cells; Silvaco; exciton; model; non-uniform generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (IEEE CONECCT), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Bangalore
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2318-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CONECCT.2014.6740357
  • Filename
    6740357