Photoelectron spectroscopic study of band alignment of polymer/ZnO photovoltaic device structure

T. Nagata; S. Oh; Y. Yamashita; H. Yoshikawa; N. Ikeno; K. Kobayashi; T. Chikyow; Y. Wakayama

doi:10.1063/1.4790298

Photoelectron spectroscopic study of band alignment of polymer/ZnO photovoltaic device structure

T. Nagata, S. Oh, Y. Yamashita, H. Yoshikawa, N. Ikeno, K. Kobayashi, T. Chikyow, Y. Wakayama

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Using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, we investigated the band alignment of a Ag/poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT)/ZnO photovoltaic structure. At the P3HT/ZnO interface, a band bending of P3HT and a short surface depletion layer of ZnO were observed. The offset between the highest occupied molecular orbital of P3HT and the conduction band minimum of ZnO at the interface contributed to the open circuit voltage (Voc) was estimated to be approximately 1.5 ± 0.1 eV, which was bigger than that of the electrically measured effective Voc of P3HT/ZnO photovoltaic devices, meaning that the P3HT/ZnO photovoltaic structure has the potential to provide improved photovoltaic properties.

Original language	English
Article number	043302
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	102
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4790298
Publication status	Published - 2013 Jan 28
Externally published	Yes

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