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Towards highly efficient solar cells based on merocyanine dyes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2012

Vera Steinmann ,
Nils M. Kronenberg ,
Martin R. Lenze ,
Manuela Deppisch ,
Hannah Bürckstümmer ,
Frank Würthner  and
Klaus Meerholz
Vera Steinmann
Affiliation:
Department für Chemie, Universität Köln, Luxemburger Straße 116, 50939 Köln, Germany
Nils M. Kronenberg
Affiliation:
Department für Chemie, Universität Köln, Luxemburger Straße 116, 50939 Köln, Germany
Martin R. Lenze
Affiliation:
Department für Chemie, Universität Köln, Luxemburger Straße 116, 50939 Köln, Germany
Manuela Deppisch
Affiliation:
Institut für Organische Chemie and Röntgen Research Center for Complex Material Systems, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
Hannah Bürckstümmer
Affiliation:
Institut für Organische Chemie and Röntgen Research Center for Complex Material Systems, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
Frank Würthner
Affiliation:
Institut für Organische Chemie and Röntgen Research Center for Complex Material Systems, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
Klaus Meerholz
Affiliation:
Department für Chemie, Universität Köln, Luxemburger Straße 116, 50939 Köln, Germany
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Abstract

We present the development of highly efficient merocyanine solar cells at the example of the dye MD376. Due to their unique processing flexibility, merocyanines have been applied in solution- as well as vacuum-processed organic photovoltaics. In fully vapor-deposited MD376 single cells, efficiencies up to 5.0% were achieved while maintaining a rather simple device setup with only four organic layers. Moreover, MD376 has been successfully introduced to vacuum-processed tandem cell structures, reporting a high open-circuit voltage of 2.1 V.

Keywords

physical vapor deposition (PVD)semiconductingorganic
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1390: Symposium H/I – Organic Photovoltaics–Materials to Devices , 2012 , mrsf11-1390-h08-07
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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