Year
2017
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
School of Chemistry
Abstract
Despite the continuous improvement of bulk heterojunction solar cell performance, their power conversion efficiency lags far behind inorganic counterparts. A better understanding of underlying mechanisms that limit the device performance allows the development of strategies to improve the power conversion efficiency of the devices. Of particular importance is the dynamics of charge carriers (generation, transportation, collection, and recombination) within the bulk heterojunction or at interfaces with electrodes. Within this body of work, charge carrier dynamics of bulk heterojunction solar cells were investigated as a function of (i) the use of electron transport layer poly[(9,9-bis(3՜-(N,N-dimethylamino)-propyl)-2,7-fluorene)-alt-2,7- (9,9-dioctyl)-fluorene] (PFN), (ii) altering dielectric constant by considering Clausius-Mossotti relation, and (iii) the appearance of the S-shaped current density-voltage curve.
Recommended Citation
Aghassi, Ali, Investigation into Performance of Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, 2017. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses1/360
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.