Quantifying loss-mechanisms related to charge carrier collection in thin-film solar cells (Conference Presentation)

Oskar J. Sandberg; Mathias Nyman; Staffan Dahlström; Simon Sandén; Jan-Henrik Smått; Ronald Österbacka

doi:10.1117/12.2323759

18 September 2018 Quantifying loss-mechanisms related to charge carrier collection in thin-film solar cells (Conference Presentation)

Oskar J. Sandberg, Mathias Nyman, Staffan Dahlström, Simon Sandén, Jan-Henrik Smått, Ronald Österbacka

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Proceedings Volume 10737, Organic, Hybrid, and Perovskite Photovoltaics XIX; 107370A (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2323759
Event: SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, 2018, San Diego, California, United States

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Processes taking place at contacts are of particular importance in organic and perovskite solar cells where selective contacts that are able to efficiently collect majority carriers, simultaneously blocking minority carriers are desired. The surface recombination velocity S_R, describing the quality of the contact interface, is a key parameter in obtaining an increased understanding of the kinetics taking place at contacts in thin-film devices [1]. We have extended the analytical framework of the charge extraction by linearly increasing voltage (CELIV) theory taking the effect of built-in voltage, diffusion and band-bending into account [2] and show how we can experimentally quantify loss mechanisms in charge collection [3-4]. We have derived analytical expressions describing the effective reduction of the built-in voltage and the (effective) open-circuit voltage providing means to quantify and distinguish various (loss) mechanisms for contact related effects in thin film solar cells [2-4]. References [1] O. Sandberg, M. Nyman, R. Österbacka, Physical Review Applied 1, 024003 (2014) [2] O. Sandberg, M. Nyman, R. Österbacka, Organic Electronics 15, 3413-3420 (2015) [3] A. Sundqvist, M. Nyman, O. Sandberg, S. Sandén, J.-H. Smått, and R. Österbacka, Advanced Energy Materials, 1502265 (2016) [4] O.J. Sandberg, et. al, Physical Review Letters, 118, 076601 (2017).

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Oskar J. Sandberg, Mathias Nyman, Staffan Dahlström, Simon Sandén, Jan-Henrik Smått, and Ronald Österbacka "Quantifying loss-mechanisms related to charge carrier collection in thin-film solar cells (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10737, Organic, Hybrid, and Perovskite Photovoltaics XIX, 107370A (18 September 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2323759

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Thin film solar cells

Diffusion

Interfaces

Organic electronics

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