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In situ optical measurement of charge transport dynamics in organic photovoltaics.


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Article

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Authors

Chow, Philip CY 
Bayliss, Sam L 
Lakhwani, Girish 
Greenham, Neil C 
Friend, Richard H 

Abstract

We present a novel experimental approach which allows extraction of both spatial and temporal information on charge dynamics in organic solar cells. Using the wavelength dependence of the photonic structure in these devices, we monitor the change in spatial overlap between the photogenerated hole distribution and the optical probe profile as a function of time. In a model system we find evidence for a buildup of the photogenerated hole population close to the hole-extracting electrode on a nanosecond time scale and show that this can limit charge transport through space-charge effects under operating conditions.

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Keywords

Photovoltaics, charge transport, optical spectroscopy, organic, solar cells, transient absorption, Electrodes, Photochemical Processes, Solar Energy

Journal Title

Nano Lett

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Journal ISSN

1530-6984
1530-6992

Volume Title

15

Publisher

American Chemical Society (ACS)
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/G060738/1)
This work was supported by the EPSRC [Grant number EP/ G060738/1].