Kesinro, O. R. and Boyo, A. O. and Akinyemi, M. L. and Hamed, M. S. G. and Kaviyarasu, K. and Mola, G. T. and Emetere, Moses and Aizebeokhai, A. P. (2021) The role of solvent additive in metal nano-composite doped thin film organic solar cell. In: International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Environment, 2021, Online.
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Abstract
In this study, organic solar cells (OSCs) were designed using the solution processing method based on spin coating. The influence of solvent additive (1-chloronapthalene (CN)) and cadmium doped barium nitrate nanoparticle incorporated into the photoactive medium based on poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5- diyl (P3HT): [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) was investigated. The power conversion efficiency of the pristine device was compared to the power conversion efficiency of the devices fabricated with 30v% of 1- chloronapthalene and different weight concentrations of nanoparticles. An optimum efficiency of 3.55 % was attained at 0.3 wt.% with solvent additive compared to 3.25 % obtained for the pristine device. This increase is attributed to a rise in charge transport of 5.32 × 10-2 cm2V-1s-1. Further investigation on the morphological properties of the nanoparticles reveals the crystalline nature of the nanoparticle.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Nanoparticle; power conversion efficiency; solvent additiv |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Physics |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Apr 2022 11:20 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Apr 2022 11:20 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/15806 |
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