Correct determination of charge transfer state energy from luminescence spectra in organic solar cells

Mathias List, Tanmoy Sarkar, Pavlo Perkhun, Jörg Ackermann, Chieh Luo and Uli Würfel ()
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Mathias List: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE)
Tanmoy Sarkar: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE)
Pavlo Perkhun: Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM)
Jörg Ackermann: Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM)
Chieh Luo: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE)
Uli Würfel: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE)

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Generation and recombination of electrons and holes in organic solar cells occurs via charge transfer states located at the donor/acceptor interface. The energy of these charge transfer states is a crucial factor for the attainable open-circuit voltage and its correct determination is thus of utmost importance for a detailed understanding of such devices. This work reports on drastic changes of electroluminescence spectra of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells upon variation of the absorber layer thickness. It is shown that optical thin-film effects have a large impact on optical out-coupling of luminescence radiation for devices made from different photoactive materials, in configurations with and without indium tin oxide. A scattering matrix approach is presented which accurately reproduces the observed effects and thus delivers the radiative recombination spectra corrected for the wavelength-dependent out-coupling. This approach is proven to enable the correct determination of charge transfer state energies.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05987-8

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