Optimized inverted polymer solar cells incorporating Cs2CO3-doped C60 as electron transport layer

Abstract : An efficient charge transfer between co-sublimed cesium carbonate (Cs2CO3) and fullerene C60 provides an n-type material exhibiting an electrical conductivity above 1 S/cm. This type of doped layers can be used in organic optoelectronic devices to reduce ohmic losses at organic-electrode interfaces. We report here an analysis of inverted polymer-based solar cells incorporating Cs2CO3 doped C60 as electron transport layer (ETL). The optimization of both dopant concentration and thickness resulted in a maximum efficiency of 3.79% compared to 3% for similar devices using undoped C60 as ETL and 2.13% for devices without any ETL.