Temperature and Light Modulated Open‐Circuit Voltage in Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with Different Effective Bandgaps

Abstract

The relationship of the temperature–light intensity dependence of open‐circuit voltage Voc in nonfullerene‐based organic solar cells with their material characteristics and multimechanism recombination parameters is described. The systematic variation of the effective bandgap Eg,eff and the electrode layers allows the observation of different relative contributions of bimolecular, bulk, and surface trap‐assisted recombination mechanisms. The complementary advantages of the analytical model and the established voltage‐impedance spectroscopy technique provide a useful tool to quantify multimechanism recombination parameters, effective density of states Nc, and energetic disorder σ in organic solar cells under operating conditions. The validity of the proposed model to understand the temperature and light intensity dependent of Voc is shown by applying it to four different donor:nonfullerene acceptor blend systems with conventional or inverted device architectures.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Dec 13, 2020
Source ID
10.1002/aenm.202003091

Entities

People

  • Akchheta Karki
  • Guillermo C. Bazan
  • Jaewon Lee
  • Joachim Vollbrecht
  • Nora Schopp
  • Seo‐Jin Ko
  • Thuc‐quyen Nguyen
  • Viktor Brus

Organizations

  • Chungnam National University
  • Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
  • Nazarbayev University
  • Office of Naval Research
  • University of California, Santa Barbara

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Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.