TY - JOUR
T1 - Optimization of PFN thickness in inverted high-performance PTB7:PC70BM solar cells
AU - Reséndiz, L.
AU - Balderrama, V. S.
AU - Lastra, G.
AU - Ramírez, M.
AU - Cabrera, V.
AU - Estrada, M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - Organic solar cells (OSCs) made from PTB7:PC70BM, with different thicknesses of a conjugated electrolyte PFN (0, 5, 7, 10, and 15 nm) used as the cathode buffer layers, were fabricated partially in air. OSCs with 10 nm of PFN were the most efficient in experimental tests, at 7.41%. Numerical simulations of the cells were also performed using the physics-based Silvaco/ATLAS CAD simulator, which describe the OSCs using the metal-insulator-metal (MIM) model. Simulations were used to determine the optimum values of PFN thickness for achieving high overall performance, which lies in the region from 5 to 10 nm.
AB - Organic solar cells (OSCs) made from PTB7:PC70BM, with different thicknesses of a conjugated electrolyte PFN (0, 5, 7, 10, and 15 nm) used as the cathode buffer layers, were fabricated partially in air. OSCs with 10 nm of PFN were the most efficient in experimental tests, at 7.41%. Numerical simulations of the cells were also performed using the physics-based Silvaco/ATLAS CAD simulator, which describe the OSCs using the metal-insulator-metal (MIM) model. Simulations were used to determine the optimum values of PFN thickness for achieving high overall performance, which lies in the region from 5 to 10 nm.
KW - Inverted structure
KW - Numerical simulation
KW - Organic solar cells
KW - PFN thickness
KW - PTB7:PCBM
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059005541&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.sse.2018.12.013
DO - 10.1016/j.sse.2018.12.013
M3 - Carta
SN - 0038-1101
VL - 153
SP - 33
EP - 36
JO - Solid-State Electronics
JF - Solid-State Electronics
ER -