Accurate measurement of performance of polymer solar cell with highly conductive PEDOT:PSS

Author

Liu, Meng-Yueh ; Chang, Chin-Hsiang ; Tsai, Kao-Hua ; Wang, Ding-shin ; Lin, Sin-Bo ; Chen, Po-Yu ; Lin, Yu-Hong ; Lin, Wen-Han ; Lin, Ching-Fuh

Author_Institution

Grad. Inst. of Photonics & Optoelectron., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

fYear

2009

fDate

7-12 June 2009

Abstract

Correlation between the power conversion efficiency and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) modified poly (3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene): poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) of polymer solar cells is studied. The PEDOT:PSS is modified by adding process additive (DMSO) during processing. However, highly conductive DMSO-PEDOT:PSS leads to tremendous errors in the measurement of the polymer solar cells. Our investigations show that the light illumination area of the polymer solar cells based on the DMSO-PEDOT:PSS has to be further adjusted before measurement.

Keywords

conducting polymers; organic semiconductors; power conversion; solar cells; additive; dimethyl sulfoxide; poly (3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene); poly(styrene sulfonate); polymer solar cells; power conversion efficiency; Calibration; Conductivity measurement; Electrodes; Fabrication; Indium tin oxide; Lighting; Photovoltaic cells; Polymers; Power conversion; Power engineering and energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2009 34th IEEE

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2949-3

Electronic_ISBN

0160-8371

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411709

Filename

5411709