Combinatorial optimization of evaporated bilayer small molecule organic solar cells through orthogonal thickness gradients

We report on a combinatorial optimization procedure applied to heterojunction small molecule organic solar cells made of evaporated copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) and 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic bisbenzimidazole (PTCBI). Our strategy consists of depositing both light harvesting compounds as ortho...

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Autores: Rodríguez Martínez, Xabier, Sánchez Díaz, Antonio, Guilin, Liu, Niño, Miguel Ángel, Cabanillas–Gonzalez, Juan, Campoy Quiles, Mariano
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/165242
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/165242
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Organic photovoltaics
Photocurrent mapping
Raman imaging
Combinatorial screening
Gradient
High throughput evaluation
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Sumario:We report on a combinatorial optimization procedure applied to heterojunction small molecule organic solar cells made of evaporated copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) and 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic bisbenzimidazole (PTCBI). Our strategy consists of depositing both light harvesting compounds as orthogonally arranged wedge-shaped layers to then determine the optimum thicknesses which yield the highest photoconversion efficiency. The device performance is locally assessed by means of light-beam induced current images. A quantitative model of co-locally measured Raman images allows determining the corresponding local thicknesses of the active layers. The spatial correlation of both datasets (i.e. local photocurrent density and active layer film thicknesses) enables the rapid optimization of the photovoltaic system studied employing a single functional device, reducing in approximately 20 times the use of resources and time.