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Internal Electric Field and Photocurrent of Polymer/Perylene Heterojunction Solar Cell
- Source :
- Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 46:7241-7246
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- IOP Publishing, 2007.
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Abstract
- The internal electric field in a heterojunction solar cell made of poly(5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-2-methoxy-1,4-phenylenevinylene) (MEH-PPV) as a donor and 3,4,9,10-perylene-tetracarboxyl-bis-benzimidazole (PTCBI) as an acceptor is studied by electroabsorption (EA). The 1ω-EA signal detected at the fundamental electric-field-modulation frequency ω comes from the bulk of the film for MEH-PPV but from the interface of the film for PTCBI. The bias dependence of the bulk electric field for MEH-PPV is correlated with that of the photocurrent generated by MEH-PPV excitation, indicating that the electric field has an essential role in carrier photogeneration. An analysis of the photocurrent action spectrum indicates that the photocurrent-active region in the MEH-PPV layer changes its location depending on the applied bias voltage. This suggests that the region of strong electric field in the MEH-PPV layer changes its location along with the active layer.
- Subjects :
- Photocurrent
Materials science
heterojunction
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
business.industry
General Engineering
General Physics and Astronomy
Biasing
Heterojunction
Acceptor
Active layer
law.invention
electroabsorption
law
Electric field
solar cells
Solar cell
Optoelectronics
organic semiconductors
business
conducting polymers
Excitation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13474065 and 00214922
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0c53d2c8f83584cdebbc23392a335eed