3D reconstruction modeling of bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic cells: Effect of the complexity of the boundary on the morphology

Although the morphology of the active layer in bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic (BHJ-OPV) cells is critical for determining the quantum efficiency (QE), predicting the real QE for a 3-dimensional (3D) morphology has long been difficult because structural information on the composition comple...

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Published in:Journal of the Korean Physical Society 2016, 68(3), , pp.474-481
Main Authors: Kim, Sung-Jin, Jeong, Daun, Kim, SeongMin, Choi, Yeong Suk, Ihn, Soo-Ghang, Yun, Sungyoung, Lim, Younhee, Lee, Eunha, Park, Gyeong-Su
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Language:English
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Mathematical and Computational Physics
Particle and Nuclear Physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Theoretical
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Summary:Although the morphology of the active layer in bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic (BHJ-OPV) cells is critical for determining the quantum efficiency (QE), predicting the real QE for a 3-dimensional (3D) morphology has long been difficult because structural information on the composition complexity of donor (D): acceptor (A) blends with small domain size is limited to 2D observations via various image-processing techniques. To overcome this, we reconstruct the 3D morphology by using an isotropic statistical approach based on 2D energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy (EF-TEM) images. This new reconstruction method is validated to obtain the internal QE by using a dynamic Monte Carlo simulation in the BHJ-OPV system with different additives such as 4 vol% 1-chloronaphthalene (CN) and 4 vol% 1,8-diiodooctane (DIO) (compared to the case of no additive); the resulting trend is compared with the experimental QE. Therefore, our developed method can be used to predict the real charge transport performance in the OPV system accurately.
ISSN:0374-4884
1976-8524
DOI:10.3938/jkps.68.474