The effects of copper phthalocyanine purity on organic solar cell performance

Rhonda F. Salzman; Jiangeng Xue; Barry P. Rand; Alex Alexander; Mark E. Thompson; Stephen R. Forrest

doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2005.09.001

The effects of copper phthalocyanine purity on organic solar cell performance

Rhonda F. Salzman, Jiangeng Xue, Barry P. Rand, Alex Alexander, Mark E. Thompson, Stephen R. Forrest

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The performance of small-molecular weight organic double heterojunction donor-acceptor bilayer solar cells is studied as a function of the purity of the donor material, copper phthalocyanine (CuPc). We find that the power conversion efficiency under simulated AM1.5G, 1 sun illumination conditions increases from (0.26 ± 0.01)% to (1.4 ± 0.1)% as the CuPc layer purity increases. Concomitant with the improvements in power conversion efficiency, we find that the hole mobility of the unpurified CuPc is nearly three orders of magnitude lower than for purified source material. Mass spectrometry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy are used to identify metal-free phthalocyanine as the primary impurity that degrades both device efficiency and hole mobility.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	242-246
Number of pages	5
Journal	Organic Electronics
Volume	6
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2005.09.001
State	Published - Dec 2005

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Biomaterials
General Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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