Photovoltaic performance and charge recombination dynamics of P3HT/PCBM blend heterojunction

Abstract

We prepared the polymer solar cell based on poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT)/fullerene derivative PCBM(PCBM=[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester) heterojunction and investigated the irradiation intensity-dependent charge recombination dynamics of heterojunction employing nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy with bias light so as to simulate the photophysical process in heterojunction when the photovoltaic device is on operation. The experimental data exhibit that the yield of free charges gradually decreases and the loss of mobile carriers originated from bimolecular recombination simultaneously increases as the irradiation intensity gradually enhances. This indicates that the polymer solar cell is much suitably used at a low irradiation intensity.

Keywords

Polymer solar cell / Charge recombination / Transient absorption

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