Mott-Schottky Analysis of the P3HT:ZnS_{cubic} and P3HT:ZnS_{hexa} Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

• Authors: T. Abdul Kareem
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Bulk heterojunction solar cells of sphalerite and wurtzite ZnS incorporated P3HT were fabricated and their Mott-Schottky analysis was performed to find the conduction mechanism of the devices. The analysis shows the formation of a Schottky junction and band unpinning at the P3HT:ZnS-Al contact and it confirms the hole conductivity in the active material.

Keywords

EN

87.85.Rs; 73.40.Lq; 73.40.Sx; 73.50.Pz; 73.61.Ga; 73.61.Ph; 73.63.Bd; 81.05.Dz; 88.40.jp; 88.40.jr

Discipline

• 88.40.jr: Organic photovoltaics
• 73.63.Bd: Nanocrystalline materials
• 88.40.jp: Multijunction solar cells
• 81.05.Dz: II-VI semiconductors
• 73.40.Sx: Metal-semiconductor-metal structures
• 87.85.Rs: Nanotechnologies-applications
• 73.61.Ph: Polymers; organic compounds
• 73.50.Pz: Photoconduction and photovoltaic effects
• 73.61.Ga: II-VI semiconductors
• 73.40.Lq: Other semiconductor-to-semiconductor contacts,p-njunctions, and heterojunctions

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 129
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 409-413

Dates

published

2016-03

received

2015-12-06

(unknown)

2016-02-08

Contributors

author

T. Abdul Kareem

• Radiation Physics at the Department of Physics, University of Calicut, 673635 Kerala, India

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.129.409