A new approach for probing the mobility and lifetime of photogenerated charge carriers in organic solar cells under real operating conditions

A Baumann; J Lorrmann; D Rauh; C Deibel; V Dyakonov

doi:10.1002/adma.201200874

A new approach for probing the mobility and lifetime of photogenerated charge carriers in organic solar cells under real operating conditions

Adv Mater. 2012 Aug 22;24(32):4381-6. doi: 10.1002/adma.201200874. Epub 2012 Jul 3.

Authors

A Baumann¹, J Lorrmann, D Rauh, C Deibel, V Dyakonov

Affiliation

¹ Bavarian Center for Applied Energy, Research e.V. (ZAE Bayern), 97074 Würzburg, Germany.

PMID: 22760962
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201200874

Abstract

A new transient charge extraction technique is presented, which facilitates simultaneous measurements of mobility and lifetime of photogenerated charge carriers in organic solar cells under real operating conditions. An adaptive field control is implemented keeping the solar cell at open circuit conditions during recombination. The practical benefit of the new technique is demonstrated by determining the mobility-lifetime parameter of solar cells based on PCDTBT:PC(71) BM and P3HT:PC(61) BM.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Fullerenes / chemistry
Organic Chemicals / chemistry*
Organoselenium Compounds / chemistry
Polymers / chemistry
Solar Energy*

Substances

Fullerenes
Organic Chemicals
Organoselenium Compounds
Polymers
poly(3-hexyl)selenophene