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AN INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS Alexander Parker
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WHY DO WE NEED SOLAR?
Population
(Billion)
Source: Google Public Data
Source: BP
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WHY DO WE NEED SOLAR?
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TYPES OF SOLAR CELL
Inorganic devices: 24.7%
Polymer devices: 8%
Dye Sensitised devices: 11%
Thin film organic devices: 9.8%
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ORGANIC DEVICES: A HISTORY
Single layer (MIM): 0.5%
Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor (MIS): 0.7%
Bilayer: 0.95% (Tang)
Tandem cell : 9.8 %
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ORGANIC DEVICES: PRINCIPALS OF OPERATION
Anode Electrode
Donor Acceptor
Cathode Electrode
1. Absorption of a photon
2. Formation of an exciton 3. Diffusion of the
exciton4. Dissociation of the exciton5. Charge transport
6. Charge collection
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ORGANIC DEVICES: ARCHITECTURE
Bilayer
Inverted
Bulk Heterojunction
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ORGANIC DEVICES: MATERIALS
Donors Copper
pthalocyanine (CuPc)
Boro Subthalocyanine Chloride (SubPc)
Acceptors C60
Extracting materials Bathocuproine (BCP) Molybdoenum Oxide
(MoOx)
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PROJECT DIRECTIONS: TRANSITION METAL OXIDES
Transition metal oxides widely used in organic devices. ITO electrode Zn extracting layer MoOx
Aim to use Aluminium doped Zinc Oxide for several purposes Replace BCP Replace ITO