Tuning open-circuit voltage in organic solar cells by magnesium modified Alq3

Chi Ta Chou; Chien Hung Lin; Meng Hsiu Wu; Tzu Wei Cheng; Jiun Haw Lee; Chin Hsin J. Liu; Yian Tai; Surojit Chattopadhyay; Juen Kai Wang; Kuei Hsien Chen; Li Chyong Chen

doi:10.1063/1.3653259

Tuning open-circuit voltage in organic solar cells by magnesium modified Alq₃

Chi Ta Chou, Chien Hung Lin, Meng Hsiu Wu, Tzu Wei Cheng, Jiun Haw Lee, Chin Hsin J. Liu, Yian Tai, Surojit Chattopadhyay^*, Juen Kai Wang, Kuei Hsien Chen, Li Chyong Chen

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The low molecular weight tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq ₃) has been incorporated with magnesium (Mg) that altered the nature of its opto-electronic characteristics. The lowering of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) in Mg:Alq₃, compared to pure Alq₃, creates a stronger field (exceeding the exciton binding energy) at the donor-acceptor junction to dissociate the photo-generated exciton and also provides a low barrier for electron transport across the device. In an electron-only device (described in the text), a current enhancement in excess of 10³⁺, with respect to pure Alq₃, could be observed at 10 V applied bias. Optimized Mg:Alq₃ layer, when introduced in the photovoltaic device, improves the power conversion efficiencies significantly to 0.15 compared to the pure Alq₃ device. The improvement in the photovoltaic performance has been attributed to the superior exciton dissociation and carrier transport.

Original language	English
Article number	083104
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	110
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3653259
State	Published - 15 Oct 2011

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