Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.578, No.1, 78-87, 2013
Flexible Organic Solar Cells Based on Spin-Coated Blend Films of a Phenylene-Thiophene Oligomer Derivative and PCBM
Flexible organic solar cells were fabricated on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate using a phenylene-thiophene oligomer, 3,7-bis[5-(4-n-hexylphenyl)-2-thienyl]dibenzothiophene-5,5-dioxide (37HPTDBTSO), as a photoactive donor. In bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells, many factors such as blend weight ratio, and solution and substrate temperatures have great effects on the photovoltaic performances. The flexible solar cell fabricated from the blend solution with a weight ratio of 1:2 of 37HPTDBTSO to phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) and a temperature of 50 degrees C, exhibited a high open-circuit voltage of 0.74V and the highest power conversion efficiency of 0.26%.