Title :
Performance Improvement of Polymer Based Solar Cell by Ordered Nano-Morphology
Author :
Ray, Biswajit ; Khan, Mohammad Ryyan ; Alam, Muhammad A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
fDate :
June 28 2010-July 1 2010
Abstract :
Polymer based organic solar cell offers a relatively inexpensive option for the future solar cell technology, provided its efficiency increases beyond the current limit of 4-6%. In this paper, we use the process and device models to explore the possibility of the efficiency improvement of the solar cell by ordered active layer morphology, obtained through template based fabrication technique. Our analysis shows that ordered morphology improves both photon collection as well as carrier transport and hence promises to double the cell efficiency.
Keywords :
nanofabrication; photons; polymers; solar cells; nanofabrication; nanomorphology; ordered active layer morphology; organic solar cells; performance improvement; photon collection; polymers; Annealing; Charge carriers; Electrodes; Equations; Excitons; Morphology; Photovoltaic cells; Polymers; Separation processes; Solar power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Micro/Nano Symposium (UGIM), 2010 18th Biennial University/Government/Industry
Conference_Location :
West Lafayette, IN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4731-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0749-6877
DOI :
10.1109/UGIM.2010.5508895
