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Probing Temperature-Dependent Recombination Kinetics in Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells by Electric Noise Spectroscopy

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  • Giovanni Landi

    (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy)

  • Carlo Barone

    (Dipartimento di Fisica “E.R. Caianiello” and CNR-SPIN Salerno, Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy)

  • Costantino Mauro

    (Dipartimento di Fisica “E.R. Caianiello” and CNR-SPIN Salerno, Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy)

  • Antonietta De Sio

    (Institute of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany)

  • Giovanni Carapella

    (Dipartimento di Fisica “E.R. Caianiello” and CNR-SPIN Salerno, Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy)

  • Heinz Christoph Neitzert

    (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy)

  • Sergio Pagano

    (Dipartimento di Fisica “E.R. Caianiello” and CNR-SPIN Salerno, Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy)

Abstract

The influence of solvent additives on the temperature behavior of both charge carrier transport and recombination kinetics in bulk heterojunction solar cells has been investigated by electric noise spectroscopy. The observed differences in charge carrier lifetime and mobility are attributed to a different film ordering and donor-acceptor phase segregation in the blend. The measured temperature dependence indicates that bimolecular recombination is the dominant loss mechanism in the active layer, affecting the device performance. Blend devices prepared with a high-boiling-point solvent additive show a decreased recombination rate at the donor-acceptor interface as compared to the ones prepared with the reference solvent. A clear correlation between the device performance and the morphological properties is discussed in terms of the temperature dependence of the mobility-lifetime product.

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  • Giovanni Landi & Carlo Barone & Costantino Mauro & Antonietta De Sio & Giovanni Carapella & Heinz Christoph Neitzert & Sergio Pagano, 2017. "Probing Temperature-Dependent Recombination Kinetics in Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells by Electric Noise Spectroscopy," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-14, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:10:y:2017:i:10:p:1490-:d:113329
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    1. Amir Hossein Fallahpour & Aldo Di Carlo & Paolo Lugli, 2017. "Sensitivity of the Drift-Diffusion Approach in Estimating the Power Conversion Efficiency of Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-15, February.
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    1. Qiuju Liang & Jianhong Yao & Zhangbo Hu & Puxin Wei & Haodong Lu & Yukai Yin & Kang Wang & Jiangang Liu, 2021. "Recent Advances of Film–Forming Kinetics in Organic Solar Cells," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-26, November.
    2. Giovanni Landi & Sergio Pagano & Heinz Christoph Neitzert & Costantino Mauro & Carlo Barone, 2023. "Noise Spectroscopy: A Tool to Understand the Physics of Solar Cells," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-37, January.

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