Impact of Charge Carrier Mobility and Electrode Selectivity on the Performance of Organic Solar Cells

  • Annika Spies
  • Jeneke Reinhardt
  • Mathias List
  • Birger Zimmermann
  • Uli Würfel
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Part of the Advances in Polymer Science book series (POLYMER, volume 272)

Abstract

Low charge carrier mobilities as often observed for photoactive materials of organic solar cells have significant impact on their performance. They cause accumulation of charge carriers which can be described quantitatively by a nonohmic transport resistance in the framework of an analytical model. Further addressed in this work is surface recombination stemming from insufficient electrode selectivity which is another factor limiting the performance of organic solar cells.

Keywords

Charge carrier mobility Power conversion efficiency Surface recombination 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Annika Spies
    • 1
    • 2
  • Jeneke Reinhardt
    • 1
    • 2
  • Mathias List
    • 2
  • Birger Zimmermann
    • 2
  • Uli Würfel
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.Freiburg Material Research Center (FMF)FreiburgGermany
  2. 2.Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISEFreiburgGermany

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