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Influence of the morphology of organic heterojunction on the photovoltaic cell performance*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2007

K. Podhájecká  and
J. Pfleger
K. Podhájecká
Affiliation:
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Heyrovsky Sq. 2, 162 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic
J. Pfleger
Affiliation:
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Heyrovsky Sq. 2, 162 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Abstract

We present a series of organic photovoltaic (PV) cells based on the bulk-distributed heterojunction where $\pi $ -conjugated polymer poly[1-(4-trimethylsilylphenyl)-2-phenylvinylene], PSDPhV, acts as the donor upon photoexcitation and the substituted perylene based low-molecular-weight compound: N,N`-di(pent-3-yl)-perylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximide), DPe-PTCDI, as the acceptor of photogenerated electrons. According to both absorption spectra and AFM images of the thin films spin-coated from solution of DPe-PTCDI and PSDPhV in toluene, the DPe-PTCDI is molecularly dissolved in conjugated polymer matrix. Upon exposition of layers to toluene vapors, microcrystals of DPe-PTCDI are progressively formed. The influence of the morphology of DPe-PTCDI inside the polymer matrix on PV cell performance is investigated.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , December 2006 , pp. 241 - 244
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© EDP Sciences, 2006

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