Tuning of a graphene-electrode work function to enhance the efficiency of organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells with an inverted structure

Gunho Jo; Seok In Na; Seung Hwan Oh; Sangchul Lee; Tae Soo Kim; Gunuk Wang; Minhyeok Choe; Woojin Park; Jongwon Yoon; Dong Yu Kim; Yung Ho Kahng; Takhee Lee

doi:10.1063/1.3514551

Tuning of a graphene-electrode work function to enhance the efficiency of organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells with an inverted structure

Gunho Jo^*, Seok In Na, Seung Hwan Oh, Sangchul Lee, Tae Soo Kim, Gunuk Wang, Minhyeok Choe, Woojin Park, Jongwon Yoon, Dong Yu Kim, Yung Ho Kahng, Takhee Lee

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Abstract

We demonstrate the fabrication of inverted-structure organic solar cells (OSCs) with graphene cathodes. The graphene film used in this work was work-function-engineered with an interfacial dipole layer to reduce the work function of graphene, which resulted in an increase in the built-in potential and enhancement of the charge extraction, thereby enhancing the overall device performance. Our demonstration of inverted-structure OSCs with work-function-engineering of graphene electrodes will foster the fabrication of more advanced structure OSCs with higher efficiency.

Original language	English
Article number	213301
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	97
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3514551
Publication status	Published - 2010 Nov 22
Externally published	Yes

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This work was supported by the National Research Laboratory Program, a National Core Research Center grant, the World Class University program from the Korean Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Institutional Program, and a grant from the Fundamental R&D Program for Core Technology of Materials funded by the Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy.

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