Photovoltaic cells from a soluble pentacene derivative

M. T. Lloyd; A. C. Mayer; A. S. Tayi; A. M. Bowen; T. G. Kasen; D. J. Herman; D. A. Mourey; J. E. Anthony; G. G. Malliaras

doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2006.03.002

Photovoltaic cells from a soluble pentacene derivative

M. T. Lloyd, A. C. Mayer, A. S. Tayi, A. M. Bowen, T. G. Kasen, D. J. Herman, D. A. Mourey, J. E. Anthony, G. G. Malliaras

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Abstract

Multilayer heterojunction photovoltaic cells were fabricated using a solution processable pentacene derivative as the donor layer. Upon annealing of these devices, the open circuit voltage was found to gradually increase with temperature up to 265 °C. Further improvement in the photovoltaic performance was achieved with the incorporation of mobile ions into the donor material for concentrations of lithium triflate up to 1.4 mg/ml. Finally, after introducing an exciton blocking layer, an optimized white-light (100 mW/cm²) power conversion efficiency of 0.52% was achieved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	243-248
Number of pages	6
Journal	Organic Electronics
Volume	7
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2006.03.002
State	Published - Oct 2006

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Funding Information:
This work was made possible by funding from the Office of Naval Research. Additional thanks are due to the Cornell Center of Materials Research, as well as Christopher Umbach, Anthony Condon, and Maura Weathers for assistance with AFM, TGA, and XRD measurements.

Keywords

Annealing
Functionalized pentacene
Mobile ions
Organic photovoltaics
Pentacene derivatives

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Biomaterials
Chemistry (all)
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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