The influence of glycerol doped PEDOT: PSS and Ag buffer layer on power conversion efficiency of semitransparent organic photovoltaic devices

  • Na, Hyung-Il (Flexible Display Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Hoon (Flexible Display Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute) ;
  • Oh, Min-Soek (Flexible Display Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute) ;
  • Han, Jeong-In (Flexible Display Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute) ;
  • Ju, Byeong-Kwon (Display and Nanosystem Laboratory, Korea University) ;
  • Park, Sung-Kyu (Flexible Display Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute)
  • Published : 2009.10.12

Abstract

By using optimum doping ratio (10 ~ 20 wt%) of glycerol, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic photovoltaic devices based on poly (3-hexylthiophene) and phenyl-$C_{61}$-butyric acid methyl ester was dramatically increased from 3.23% to 5.03%. Finally, semitransparent organic photovoltaic devices including glycerol doped poly (3,4-ethylenedioxy-thiophene):poly (styrene sulfonate) and thin Ag (< 1 nm) buffer layer typically have shown PCE > 3% with transmittance > 30% in visible ranges.

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