Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells utilizing 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octahexylphthalocyanine

Bulk heterojunction solar cells utilizing soluble phthalocyanine derivative, 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octahexylphthalocyanine (C6PcH2) have been investigated. The active layer was fabricated by spin-coating the mixed solution of C6PcH2 and 1-(3-methoxy-carbonyl)-propyl-1-1-phenyl-(6,6)C61 (PCBM). The photovoltaic properties of the solar cell with bulk heterojunction of C6PcH2 and PCBM demonstrated the strong dependence of active layer thickness, and the optimized active layer thickness was clarified to be 120 nm. By inserting MoO3 hole transport buffer layer between the positive electrode and active layer, the FF and energy conversion efficiency were improved to be 0.50 and 3.2%, respectively. The tandem organic thin-film solar cell has also been studied by utilizing active layer materials of C6PcH2 and poly(3-hexylthiophene) and the interlayer of LiF/Al/MoO3 structure, and a high Voc of 1.27 V has been achieved.

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► Organic solar cells utilizing phthalocyanine derivative (C6PcH2) have been investigated.
► The photovoltaic properties demonstrated the strong dependence of active layer thickness.
► By inserting MoO3 buffer layer the FF and energy conversion efficiency were improved.
► The tandem solar cell has been investigated by utilizing C6PcH2 and poly(3-hexylthiophene).
► The optimized thickness was 120 nm, and a high Voc of 1.27 V has been achieved in the tandem cell.