Stability of Non-Flexible vs. Flexible Inverted Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells with ZnO as Electron Transport Layer Prepared by a Sol-Gel Spin Coating Method
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
2.1. Chemicals & Materials
2.2. Synthesis
2.3. Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Day | Jsc (mA.cm−2) | Voc (V) | FF (%) | PCE (%) | ||||
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Glass | PET | Glass | PET | Glass | PET | Glass | PET | |
0 | 11.35 ± 0.56 | 2.65 ± 0.75 | 0.60 ± 0.01 | 0.56 ± 0.01 | 37 ± 0.016 | 45 ± 0.019 | 2.52 ± 0.17 | 0.67 ± 0.20 |
7 | 10.44 ± 0.53 | 1.68 ± 0.32 | 0.60 ± 0.01 | 0.53 ± 0.02 | 37 ± 0.023 | 33 ± 0.025 | 2.32 ± 0.16 | 0.30 ± 0.07 |
14 | 10.25 ± 0.48 | 1.37 ± 0.43 | 0.58 ± 0.02 | 0.53 ± 0.01 | 37 ± 0.013 | 33 ± 0.013 | 2.20 ± 0.18 | 0.24 ± 0.08 |
21 | 8.23 ± 0.43 | 0.96 ± 0.14 | 0.57 ± 0.01 | 0.53 ± 0.01 | 37 ± 0.019 | 33 ± 0.027 | 1.74 ± 0.13 | 0.17 ± 0.3 |
28 | 7.63 ± 0.40 | 0.75 ± 0.28 | 0.57 ± 0.02 | 0.52 ± 0.01 | 37 ± 0.020 | 33 ± 0.016 | 1.61 ± 0.25 | 0.13 ± 0.05 |
35 | 7.32 ± 0.43 | 0.56 ± 0.01 | 35 ± 0.026 | 1.43 ± 0.13 | ||||
42 | 6.95 ± 0.39 | 0.52 ± 0.01 | 36 ± 0.017 | 1.30 ± 0.1 |
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Zamani-Meymian, M.-R.; Sheikholeslami, S.; Fallah, M. Stability of Non-Flexible vs. Flexible Inverted Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells with ZnO as Electron Transport Layer Prepared by a Sol-Gel Spin Coating Method. Surfaces 2020, 3, 319-327. https://doi.org/10.3390/surfaces3030023
Zamani-Meymian M-R, Sheikholeslami S, Fallah M. Stability of Non-Flexible vs. Flexible Inverted Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells with ZnO as Electron Transport Layer Prepared by a Sol-Gel Spin Coating Method. Surfaces. 2020; 3(3):319-327. https://doi.org/10.3390/surfaces3030023
Chicago/Turabian StyleZamani-Meymian, Mohammad-Reza, Saeb Sheikholeslami, and Milad Fallah. 2020. "Stability of Non-Flexible vs. Flexible Inverted Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells with ZnO as Electron Transport Layer Prepared by a Sol-Gel Spin Coating Method" Surfaces 3, no. 3: 319-327. https://doi.org/10.3390/surfaces3030023