Reduction of Series Resistance in Organic Photovoltaic Cells Using a Metal-Doped Layer

Accession number;05A0303267
Title;Reduction of Series Resistance in Organic Photovoltaic Cells Using a Metal-Doped Layer
Author; NAKAYAMA K (Osaka Univ., Suita, Jpn) MATSUI Y (Osaka Univ., Suita, Jpn) YOKOYAMA M (Osaka Univ., Suita, Jpn)
Journal Title;Jpn J Appl Phys Part 1
Journal Code:G0520B
ISSN:0021-4922
VOL.44;NO.1B;PAGE.633-635(2005)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.5, REF.9
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;The series resistance of p-i-n type organic photovoltaic devices was reduced by indium doping in the naphthalene tetracarboxylic dianhydride (NTCDA) layer, which leads us to a marked increase of conductivity based on a peculiar electronic interaction. Partial doping near the electrode interface brought about an increase of aspects of the photovoltaic performance, in particular, the short circuit current and fill factor. On the other hand, doping to the whole NTCDA film quenched the photogenerated excitons and degraded the performance. On the basis of measurements of the action spectra, the increase of photovoltaic performance was attributed to an increase in the collection efficiency of photogenerated carriers due to a reduction of the series resistance. (author abst.)
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