A flexible textile structure based on polymeric photovoltaics using transparent cathode

Ayse Bedeloglu; Ali Demir; Yalcin Bozkurt; Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci

doi:10.1016/j.synthmet.2009.07.019

A flexible textile structure based on polymeric photovoltaics using transparent cathode

Ayse Bedeloglu^*, Ali Demir, Yalcin Bozkurt, Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci

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Department of Textile Engineering

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This paper presents results for photovoltaic performance obtained from the application of different bulk heterojunction blends onto flexible polypropylene (PP) substrates for textile applications. Organic photovoltaic devices were fabricated onto non-transparent PP tapes and ITO coated glasses. The layer of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) doped with poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) and PEDOT:PSS with 100 nm of silver (Ag) metal layer constituted anode structure and substituted indium tin oxide (ITO) layer in this study. The blends of poly(3-hexylthiophene) and 1-(3-methoxycarbonyl)-propyl-1-phenyl(6,6)C₆₁ (P3HT:PCBM) or poly [2-methoxy-5-(3′,7′-dimethyloctyloxy)-1-4-phenylene vinylene] and 1-(3-methoxycarbonyl)-propyl-1-phenyl(6,6)C₆₁ (MDMO-PPV:PCBM) were utilized as the absorbing materials. The thin metal layers of lithium fluoride (LiF) and aluminum (Al) were deposited on top of the devices by evaporation. All photovoltaic devices were characterized by measuring current-voltage (I-V) characteristics under simulated AM 1.5 conditions. The morphology of these devices using MDMO-PPV:PCBM and P3HT:PCBM blends was also investigated using atomic force microscopy (AFM).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2043-2048
Number of pages	6
Journal	Synthetic Metals
Volume	159
Issue number	19-20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2009.07.019
Publication status	Published - Oct 2009

Keywords

Fiber
Flexible
Non-transparent substrate
Organic solar cell
Polymeric photovoltaics
Polypropylene
Tape
Textile
Transparent cathode

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