Detrimental Effect of Silicon Nanoparticles on P3HT:PCBM-Based OPV Devices

• DOI: 10.1002/macp.201500051
• Publication Date: 2015-04-17T17:55:13Z
• Authors: Mejd Alsari; Yamila M. Omar; Manas K. Panda; Matteo Chiesa; Panče Naumov; Samuele Lilliu
• Keywords: Degradation; Spin Coating

The effect of incorporating 2.85 nm red luminescent silicon nanoparticles as photoluminescence down-shifters on the efficiency organic solar cells based regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) and [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester is investigated. are deposited by spin coating inkjet printing different layers devices. presence in does not result any performance improvement causes a significant degradation power conversion efficiency.