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Ferrocenyl Phthalocyanine as Donor in Non‐Poly(3‐hexylthiophen‐2,5‐diyl) Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell
Author(s) -
Nar Ilgın,
Atsay Armağan,
Altındal Ahmet,
Hamuryudan Esin,
Koçak Makbule B.,
Gül Ahmet
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201801340
Subject(s) - polymer solar cell , phthalocyanine , solar cell , organic solar cell , materials science , indium tin oxide , photovoltaic system , heterojunction , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , layer (electronics) , polymer , composite material , electrical engineering , engineering
Bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells might one day play a vital role in realizing low‐cost and environmentally benign photovoltaic devices. In this work, a BHJ solar cell was designed, based on a hexadeca‐substituted phthalocyanine (FcPc) with ferrocenyl linked to the phthalocyanine ring. Next, we sought to obtain more quantitative information about the usability of this newly synthesized compound as a donor material in BHJ solar cells. Thus, BHJs with the structure of indium tin oxide/poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate)/FcPc:[6,6]‐phenyl‐C61‐butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) blend / LiF/Al were fabricated and characterized. The effect of blend ratio (0.5–2.0) on the BHJ solar cell parameters was also investigated. Interesting results were obtained in FcPc and the PCBM blend‐based BHJ solar cell under optimized conditions. Our results presented here demonstrate that BHJ devices employing FcPc as a donor has great potential for the development of highly efficient non‐poly(3‐hexylthiophen‐2,5‐diyl) photovoltaic devices.