Bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic devices based on phenyl-cored thiophene dendrimers

Bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic devices have been fabricated by blending phenyl-cored thiophene dendrimers with a fullerene derivative. A power conversion efficiency of 1.3% under simulated AM1.5 illumination is obtained for a four-arm dendrimer, despite its large optical band gap of 2.1 eV...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2006-09, Vol.89 (10), p.103524-103524-3
Main Authors: Kopidakis, Nikos, Mitchell, William J., van de Lagemaat, Jao, Ginley, David S., Rumbles, Garry, Shaheen, Sean E., Rance, William L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
HETEROJUNCTIONS
MATERIALS SCIENCE
SOLAR ENERGY
Solar Energy - Photovoltaics
THIOPHENE
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Summary:Bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic devices have been fabricated by blending phenyl-cored thiophene dendrimers with a fullerene derivative. A power conversion efficiency of 1.3% under simulated AM1.5 illumination is obtained for a four-arm dendrimer, despite its large optical band gap of 2.1 eV . The devices exhibit an increase in short-circuit current and power conversion efficiency as the length of the arm is increased. The fill factors of the devices studied are characteristically low, which is attributed to overly uniform mixing of the blend.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.2337859