Gold nanoparticles in P3HT: PCBM active layer: A simulation of new organic solar cell designs

IF 1.4 4区物理与天体物理 Q3 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

Solid-state Electronics Pub Date : 2025-01-03 DOI:10.1016/j.sse.2025.109056

Noureddine Benaya , Mohammed Madani Taouti , Khalid Bougnina , Bahri Deghfel , Abdelhalim Zoukel

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Abstract

This study investigates the effect of incorporating gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) into the poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) active layer of organic solar cells (OSCs). GPVDM simulation software was used to analyze the power conversion efficiency (PCE) along with other photovoltaic properties, including open-circuit voltage (Voc), short-circuit current density (Jsc), and fill factor (FF), in both conventional and inverted architectures. The addition of a 5% concentration of Au NPs led to a significant increase in PCE, with a maximum value of 6.46% in specific buffer layer configurations, compared to 4.65% in devices without Au NPs. The effect of varying hole blocking layer (HBL) materials, such as BPhen, ZnO, and TiOx, was also examined, revealing improvements in device performance, with BPhen achieving the highest efficiency among the tested materials.

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Solid-state Electronics 物理-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

5.90%

发文量

212

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： It is the aim of this journal to bring together in one publication outstanding papers reporting new and original work in the following areas: (1) applications of solid-state physics and technology to electronics and optoelectronics, including theory and device design; (2) optical, electrical, morphological characterization techniques and parameter extraction of devices; (3) fabrication of semiconductor devices, and also device-related materials growth, measurement and evaluation; (4) the physics and modeling of submicron and nanoscale microelectronic and optoelectronic devices, including processing, measurement, and performance evaluation; (5) applications of numerical methods to the modeling and simulation of solid-state devices and processes; and (6) nanoscale electronic and optoelectronic devices, photovoltaics, sensors, and MEMS based on semiconductor and alternative electronic materials; (7) synthesis and electrooptical properties of materials for novel devices.