The effect of charge transfer state on the open-circuit voltage of small-molecular organic photovoltaic devices: A comparison between the planar and bulk heterojunctions using electroluminescence characterization

This work studies the open-circuit voltage (V_OC) of planar and bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices by means of electroluminescent (EL) technique to resolve the charge transfer (CT) states between donor and acceptor. The OPV devices containing a small part of bulk heterojunction increases the V_OC as a result of the enhanced CT process as compared with a complete planar structure. Red shift of the CT charge transfer was observed by increasing the bulk volume, which indicates the increased degree of interaction between both molecules and excitons. By characterizing the EL spectra of OPV devices and relating them to the CT absorption, the interfacial property between the donor and acceptor is shown to be crucial for determining the V_OC in small-molecule OPV devices. Detailed analysis of the energetic loss was also used to interpret the V_OC under the effect of CT states.     

Al掺杂ZnO纳米棒的性能研究及其在太阳能电池中的应用

通过水热法制备了不同质量分数(0%,0.5%,1.0%和1.5%)的Al 3+掺杂ZnO纳米棒,扫描电镜(SEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)、紫外-可见(UV-vis)吸收光谱等测试结果表明,通过这种方法得到了较为规整的ZnO纳米阵列,结晶良好、具有明显的c轴生长取向;掺杂浓度的增加对产物的形貌和晶体结构产生了明显的影响。通过瞬态光谱和面电阻测试发现,Al 3+掺杂提高了ZnO传导电子的能力。将Al 3+掺杂的ZnO纳米棒同时作为电极与电子传输层,应用于有机太阳能电池器件中,在低浓度(0.5at.%)掺杂时得到最佳的器件性能,相比于未掺杂的ZnO纳米棒,短路电流提高了30%,光电转化效率提高了50%。     

Softening temperature on sputtered ZnO interfacial barrier layer for an efficient charge transfer P3HT/ZnO and better interfacial stability in plastic organic photovoltaic devices

We demonstrate the usefulness of RF magnetron sputtering ZnO thin film at softening temperature, as interfacial barrier layer in air stable flexible inverted organic photovoltaic devices. We investigate the influence of annealing on the ZnO crystallinity, on the ITO substrate morphology and charge transport at the ZnO/active layer interface. The photo-physical and structural characteristics of P3HT beside ZnO interfacial layer and the photovoltaic device performances were also studied using UV–vis spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL) and J-V characteristic. Finally, we study the interfacial stability of devices with and without ZnO interfacial layer in both normal and inverted structure OPVs. We show that under optimized sputtering conditions, higher order and orientation structure of P3HT, the ZnO thermally annealed beside active layer offers better efficiency of contact between the active layer and interfacial layer. We also show that ZnO annealed at a softening temperature of 180 °C is functional for both photovoltaic devices (rigid and plastic substrates), leading to improved performance and stability of plastic solar cell devices.     

An insight on oxide interlayer in organic solar cells: From light absorption and charge collection perspectives

A comprehensive study of the effect of oxide interlayer on the performance of bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells (OSCs), based on poly[[4,8-bis[(2-ethylhexyl)oxy] benzo [1,2-b:4,5-b'] dithiophene-2,6- diyl] [3-fluoro-2-[(2-ethylhexyl)carbonyl] thieno [3,4-b] thiophenediyl]] (PTB7): [6,6]-phenyl C71 butyric acid methyl ester (PC₇₀BM) blend system, is carried out by optical simulation, interfacial exciton dissociation and charge collection analyses. It is found that a PTB7:PC₇₀BM blend layer thickness optimized for maximum light absorption in OSCs does not generally give rise to the highest power conversion efficiency (PCE). OSCs, e.g., based on PTB7:PC₇₀BM blend system, can benefit from the oxide interlayer in two ways, (1) to enhance the built-in potential for reducing recombination loss of the photo-generated charges, and (2) to improve charge collection by removal of unfavorable interfacial exciton dissociation. The combined effects result in ∼20% improvement in PCE over an optimized control cell, having an identical layer configuration without an oxide interlayer.     

Performance of fluorene and terthiophene copolymer in bilayer photovoltaic devices: The role of the polymer conformations

We report experiments using fluorene and terthiophene copolymer as the active layer in bilayer devices with C₆₀. The highest short circuit current, open circuit voltage and power conversion efficiency upon AM1.5 illumination were 6.8 mA/cm², 0.68 V and 2.33%, respectively. Density functional theory analysis was used to identify the most stable configurations of the terthiophene moieties in the polymer: the most stable form has the thiophene rings in the alternate configuration (anti) and the second conformation has the thiophene rings pointing to the same direction (syn). Comparing theoretical results with measurements of absorbance, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray reflectometry experiments, we conclude that the annealing treatment produces conformational anti to syn transition along the backbone of poly[9,9′-n-dihexyl-2,7-fluorene-alt-2,5-terthiophene] (LaPPS45). The syn segments of the chain condensed then in a lamellar ordered structure which increases the degree of crystallinity of the annealed samples and improve the light harvest at long wavelengths. From absorption measurements of films submitted to different annealing temperatures and with the help of theoretical calculations we propose a “wave-like” aggregation pattern to the syn segments in those lamellas.     

The influence of chlorine on the crystal structure and electroluminescent behavior of ZnS:Mn Films in thin film electroluminescent devices

Comparative experiments showed that the addition of chlorine at the preparation of the ZnS:Mn source materials for TFEL device fabrication can enhance grain growth in the ZnS:Mn films during post-deposition anneal. Correspondingly the luminescent properties of these films improved as compared to those without chlorine. Depending upon the Mn concen-tration and annealing temperature, both the saturation brightness and the peak luminous efficiency have increased by up to a factor of three. Optimized experimental para-meters resulted 810fL saturation brightness and 0.6l/W peak luminous efficiency. A practical significance is that useful TFEL devices can be fabricated using source materials with Cl, addition when post deposition annealing temperatures have to be kept low.     

浅谈风电场短路电压电流频率不一致对距离保护及测试的影响

风电场短路电压电流频率基于双电源风力发电厂的电流,输出线路的输出电流频率,以及在风力发电系统中的电流频率段中规定的频率下安装短路保护装置的设备,其中的问题有电压和电流的频率分量的等效电路的研究不适应。因此在基于成都Matlab/Simulink的仿真平台上,我们将验证电流频率失配的特性,并总结瞬态阻抗,电压分量和短路电流分量之间的计算关系。针对距离保护,我们分析了风电场中频率电流不匹配和距离适应的问题,它影响了距离适应保护的问题。最后,有关于仿真示例检查能够更好的分析结果的准确性和显示风力涡轮机继电保护设置和测试的数据。