Tran, Thi Thao and Tran, Quang Trung and Vo, Van Truong and Nguyen, Nang Dinh (2015) Enhancement of Power Efficiency and Stability of P3HT-based Organic Solar Cells under Elevated Operating-Temperatures by using a Nanocomposite Photoactive Layer. Journal of Nanomaterials . ISSN 1687-4129
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With the aim to find out an enhanced operating-temperature range for photovoltaic device parameters, two types of the photoactive layer were prepared: poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and P3HT+nc-TiO2 (PTC) thin films. The enhancement obtained for the photoelectrical conversion efficiency of the composite based OSCs is attributed to the presence of nanoheterojunctions of TiO2/P3HT. For the temperature range of 30–70°C, the decrease of the open-circuit potential was compensated by an increase of the fill factor; and the increase in the short-circuit current resulted in an overall increase of the energy conversion efficiency. At elevated temperatures of 60–80°C the efficiency of the P3HT- and PTC-based cells reached a maximum value of 1.6% and 2.1%, respectively. Over this temperature range the efficiency of P3HT-based OSC decreased strongly to zero, whereas for the PTC cells it maintained a value as large as 1.2% at the temperature range of 110–140°C. The improved thermal stability of the composite-based device was attributed to the lowered thermal expansion coefficient of the nanocomposite photoactive layer.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Engineering Physics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering Physics and Nanotechnology (FEPN) |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Cam Le Tran Thi |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2016 06:38 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2016 06:39 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uet.vnu.edu.vn/eprints/id/eprint/1800 |
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