Bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells based on tetra-methyl substituted copper(II) phthalocyanine:P3HT:PCBM composite

Zong-Xiang Xu; V A L Roy; Kam-Hung Low; Chi-Ming Che

doi:10.1039/c1cc13827h

Bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells based on tetra-methyl substituted copper(II) phthalocyanine:P3HT:PCBM composite

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Sep 14;47(34):9654-6. doi: 10.1039/c1cc13827h. Epub 2011 Jul 29.

Authors

Zong-Xiang Xu¹, V A L Roy, Kam-Hung Low, Chi-Ming Che

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.

PMID: 21799988
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc13827h

Abstract

Insoluble CuMePc nanocrystals were incorporated into P3HT:PCBM bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells to increase the carrier mobility and photon harvesting. The P1C1-based (weight ratio of P3HT: CuMePc = 1:1) OPV cell exhibited the best photovoltaic performance with a J(SC) of 16.3 mA cm(-2), V(OC) of 0.58 V, FF of 0.56 and PCE of 5.3%.