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Performances and impedance spectroscopy of Small-molecule bulk heterojunction solar cells based on PtOEP: PCBM

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Small-molecule bulk heterojunction (SBHJ) solar cells based on platinum octaethylporphyrin (PtOEP) as donor material and phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) as the acceptor were fabricated using spin coating techniques with weight ratios from 1:0.1 to 1:9. The formation of charge transfer complex CTC in the PtOEP: PCBM blend was specified from the redshift of the PtOEP absorption peak after blending with PCBM. The photovoltaic performance for PtOEP: PCBM blends were investigated using the external quantum efficiency (EQE) besides the current density–voltage (J–V) characteristics under illumination100 mW/cm2 (AM1.5G). The BHJ solar cell with PtOEP: PCBM ratio of 1:9 exhibited the best performance. The impedance spectroscopy (IS) was examined in the frequency range from 25 Hz to 1 MHz. The equivalent circuit model was evaluated in details to evaluate the impedance spectroscopy parameters. Dielectric constant \({\varepsilon ^\prime }\), dielectric loss \({\varepsilon ^{\prime \prime }}\) and dielectric modulus were included and discussed in terms of dielectric polarization processes. Dielectric modulus displays the non-Debye relaxation in PtOEP: PCBM BHJ solar cells.

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  1. Nano and Thin film Laboratory, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena, 83523, Egypt

    A. A. Abuelwafa & M. Dongol

  2. Physics Department, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy, Cairo, 11757, Egypt

    M. M. El-Nahass

  3. Department of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan

    A. A. Abuelwafa & T. Soga

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Abuelwafa, A.A., Dongol, M., El-Nahass, M.M. et al. Performances and impedance spectroscopy of Small-molecule bulk heterojunction solar cells based on PtOEP: PCBM. Appl. Phys. A 124, 266 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-018-1674-6

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