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On the improvement of the efficiency of organic photovoltaic cells by the presence of an ultra-thin metal layer at the interface organic/ITO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Y. Berredjem ,
J. C. Bernède ,
S. Ouro Djobo ,
L. Cattin ,
M. Morsli  and
A. Boulmokh
Y. Berredjem
Affiliation:
Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, LAMP, EA 3825, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44000 Nantes, France Université de Badji-Ammar Annaba, Faculté des Sciences, Algeria
J. C. Bernède*
Affiliation:
Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, LAMP, EA 3825, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44000 Nantes, France
S. Ouro Djobo
Affiliation:
Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, LAMP, EA 3825, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44000 Nantes, France Université de Lomé, Togo
L. Cattin
Affiliation:
Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, LAMP, EA 3825, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44000 Nantes, France
M. Morsli
Affiliation:
Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, LAMP, EA 3825, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44000 Nantes, France
A. Boulmokh
Affiliation:
Université de Badji-Ammar Annaba, Faculté des Sciences, Algeria
*
jean-christian.bernede@univ-nantes.fr
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Abstract

Organic photovoltaic cells based on the multilayers structure, indium tin oxide (ITO)/copper-phthalocyanine(CuPc)/fullerene(C60)/aluminium tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) (Alq3)/aluminium, have been studied. When an ultra-thin metal layer is deposited onto the surface of the ITO anode the power conversion efficiency of the cells is significantly improved. The improvement depends on the ITO used. These differences have been attributed to the difficulty to control the surface chemistry of ITO. The best result has been obtained with a gold layer thick of about 0.5 nm. We propose that the gold ultra-thin film, which is too thin to be continuous, allows to improve the agreement between the work function of the anode and the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of the organic donor CuPc and to passivate the surface contamination of ITO.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , December 2008 , pp. 223 - 228
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© EDP Sciences, 2008

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