Rutile TiO2 films as electron transport layer in inverted organic solar cell

AL-HASHIMI, Mohammed K., KADEM, Burak Y. and HASSAN, Aseel K. (2018). Rutile TiO2 films as electron transport layer in inverted organic solar cell. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 29 (9), 7152-7160.

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Abstract

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) thin films were prepared by sol–gel spin coating method and deposited on ITO-coated glass substrates. The effects of different heat treatment annealing temperatures on the phase composition of TiO2 films and its effect on the optical band gap, morphological, structural as well as using these layers in P3HT:PCBM-based organic solar cell were examined. The results show the presence of rutile phases in the TiO2 films which were heat-treated for 2 h at different temperatures (200, 300, 400, 500 and 600 °C). The optical properties of the TiO2 films have altered by temperature with a slight decrease in the transmittance intensity in the visible region with increasing the temperature. The optical band gap values were found to be in the range of 3.28–3.59 eV for the forbidden direct electronic transition and 3.40–3.79 eV for the allowed direct transition. TiO2 layers were used as electron transport layer in inverted organic solar cells and resulted in a power conversion efficiency of 1.59% with short circuit current density of 6.64 mA cm−2 for TiO2 layer heat-treated at 600 °C.

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Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Materials and Engineering Research Institute > Advanced Coatings and Composites Research Centre > Electronic Materials and Sensors Research Group
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-8703-2
Page Range: 7152-7160
Depositing User: Jill Hazard
Date Deposited: 05 Feb 2018 16:57
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 06:38
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/18582

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