Proceedings of International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV16)
Publication date: 28th March 2016
P3HT:ICBA polymer solar cell system has been extensively investigated in recent year due to its high efficiency, high stability and the ease of raw material synthesis. However, the open circuit voltage (Voc) of single polymer solar cell is usually lower than 1.0V. On the other hand, organic-inorganic metal halide perovskite material exhibits ambipolar property, which can produce voltage under light irradiation. In this work, we modify the P3HT:ICBA solar cell by introducing perovskite layer to enhance the voltage performance of polymer solar cell. In order to conserve energy and broaden the choice of materials for device fabrication, we develop a new non-annealing fabrication process for interconnecting layers, perovskite layer and hole transport layer. Compared with the standard P3HT:ICBA solar cell, the perovskite modified P3HT:ICBA solar cell exhibits significant enhancement in Voc from 0.86V to 1.60V. Furthermore, the stability of the device is maintained, for more than 210 days (5,040 hours) storage, the Voc of the modified solar cell can maintain above 1.55V, which is remarkable for the polymer solar cell to be used in the application of operating small electrical equipment required 1.50V driving voltage.