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Dominating recombination mechanisms in organic solar cells based on ZnPc and C60

Abstract:
We investigate the dominating recombination mechanisms in bulk heterojunction solar cells, using a blend of ZnPc and C60 as model system. Analyzing the open-circuit voltage (Voc) as a function of illumination intensity, we find that trap-assisted recombination dominates for low light intensities, whereas at 1 sun, direct/bimolecular recombination becomes important. The recombination parameters are not significantly influenced by the blend mixing ratio and are also valid for injected charges. By changing the hole transport layer, recombination at the contact is separately identified as further mechanism reducing Voc at higher light intensities. © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1063/1.4802276

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Condensed Matter Physics
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Publisher:
AIP Publishing LLC
Journal:
Applied Physics Letters More from this journal
Volume:
102
Issue:
16
Article number:
163901
Publication date:
2013-04-22
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ISSN:
0003-6951


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English
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pubs:405335
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uuid:c2031ed3-3ad4-41e7-92eb-0d2488183cd1
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pubs:405335
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405335
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2013-11-16

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