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Title: | Fabrication of inverted organic solar cells on stainless steel substrate with electrodeposited and spin coated ZnO buffer layers |
Authors: | Namawardana, D. G. K. K. Wanigasekara, R. M. G. Wanninayake, W. T. M. A. P. K. Jayathilaka, K. M. D. C. Wijesundera, R. P. Siripala, W. Malik, M. I. |
Keywords: | electrodeposition; inverted organic solar cells; P3HT: PCBM; spin coating; zinc oxide. |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
Publisher: | Journal of Polymer Engineering |
Citation: | Namawardana, D. G. K. K., Wanigasekara, R. M. G., Wanninayake, W. T. M. A. P. K., Jayathilaka, K. M. D. C., Wijesundera, R. P., Siripala, W., & Malik, M. I. (2022). Fabrication of inverted organic solar cells on stainless steel substrate with electrodeposited and spin coated ZnO buffer layers. Journal of Polymer Engineering, 42(3), 233–242. https://doi.org/10.1515/polyeng-2021-0280 |
Abstract: | Polymer based organic solar cells (OSCs) are of tremendous interest as suitable candidates for producing clean and renewable energy in recent years. In this study, inverted OSCs on stainless steel (SS) substrate with zinc oxide (ZnO) as the electron selective transport layer (ESTL), are investigated, occupying bulk heterojunction blend of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and phenyl- C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) as the active material and poly-(4,3-ethylene dioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) as the hole transport layer (HTL). The device structure is SS/ZnO/P3HT:PCBM/PEDOT:PSS/Au. ZnO films are prepared by spin coating and electrodeposition techniques, followed by annealing under ambient conditions. The insertion of ZnO layer between the SS substrate and active layer has improved short-circuit current ( Jsc), open-circuit voltage (Voc), fill factor (FF), and power conversion efficiency (PCE) compared to those of the reference cell without ZnO layer, achieving the highest efficiency of 0.66% for the device with spin coated ZnO from sol–gel technique. This enhancement can be attributed to the effective electron extraction and the increased crystallinity of ZnO after annealing treatments at higher temperatures as further confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) analyses. |
URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/25473 |
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