Improved efficiency of organic/inorganic photovoltaic devices by electrospun ZnO nanofibers

被引：19

作者：

Tanveer, Muhammad ^{[1
]}

Habib, Amir ^{[1
]}

Khan, Muhammad Bilal ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Chem & Mat Engn, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

[2] Natl Univ Sci & Technol, Ctr Energy Syst, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

来源：

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL SOLID-STATE MATERIALS | 2012年 / 177卷 / 13期

关键词：

Electrospun; Photovoltaic; Nanofibers; ZnO; SENSITIZED SOLAR-CELLS; CONJUGATED POLYMER; NANOROD ARRAY; NANOPARTICLES; LAYER; PERFORMANCE; MORPHOLOGY; NETWORK; DESIGN; BLENDS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.mseb.2012.05.025

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

The efficiency of the photovoltaic (PV) device based on P3HT and PCBM bulk heterojunction is improved by introducing small-diameter electrospun ZnO diffused nanofibers network. Diameter, diffusion and melting of nanofibers are controlled by calcination temperature. The thickness of the active layer is optimized for efficient PV devices by varying electrospinning (ES) time. Increased nanofiber's mat thickness by an increase in electrospinning time beyond a certain optimum value reduces the device performance due to increased series resistance, increased traps and reduced blend infiltration through the nanofiber pores. ES time suggests optimized active area for energy absorption and exciton dissociation. In this study, we report the improvement in power conversion efficiency (PCE) from 0.9% to 2.23%, for optimum ES time (similar to 300s). (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1144 / 1148

页数：5

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