Efficient bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic cells with transparent multi-layer graphene electrodes

Minhyeok Choe; Byoung Hoon Lee; Gunho Jo; June Park; Woojin Park; Sangchul Lee; Woong Ki Hong; Maeng Je Seong; Yung Ho Kahng; Kwanghee Lee; Takhee Lee

doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2010.08.018

Efficient bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic cells with transparent multi-layer graphene electrodes

Minhyeok Choe, Byoung Hoon Lee, Gunho Jo, June Park, Woojin Park, Sangchul Lee, Woong Ki Hong, Maeng Je Seong, Yung Ho Kahng, Kwanghee Lee, Takhee Lee

Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

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Abstract

We present the results of applying multi-layer graphene (MLG) films as transparent conductive electrodes in organic photovoltaic devices (OPVs). The MLG films synthesized at different growth temperatures by chemical vapor deposition were applied to OPVs. The performance of OPVs with 1000 °C-grown MLG films was found to be the best with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of ∼1.3%. The PCE was further enhanced when a hole-blocking TiO_X layer was inserted in the device structure, resulting in a PCE of ∼2.6% which is a significantly higher efficiency compared to other previously reported graphene-adopted photovoltaic cells. Our demonstration of the PCE-increase in the graphene-electrode OPVs may foster the application of the fast-progressing graphene technology toward more practical OPV technology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1864-1869
Number of pages	6
Journal	Organic Electronics
Volume	11
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2010.08.018
State	Published - Nov 2010

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This work was supported by the National Research Laboratory Program, the National Core Research Center grant, the World Class University program, and the National Research Foundation of Korea (Grant No. 20090093869 ) from the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and the Program for Integrated Molecular System at GIST. The authors thank Yun Chang Park at the National Nanofab Center for his comments and assistance in analyzing and obtaining the TEM images.

Keywords

Chemical vapor deposition
Graphene
Photovoltaics
TiOX
Transparent electrode

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