Investigation of exciton photodissociation, charge transport and photovoltaic response of poly(N-vinyl carbazole):: TiO2 nanocomposites for solar cell applications
Investigation of exciton photodissociation, charge transport and photovoltaic response of poly(N-vinyl carbazole):: TiO2 nanocomposites for solar cell applications
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DOI:
10.1088/0957-4484/19/37/375201
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发表时间:
2008-09-17
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3.5
通讯作者:
Ben Ouada, H.
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作者:
Dridi, C.;Barlier, V.;Ben Ouada, H.
The photogeneration of charge carriers in spin-coated thin films of nanocrystalline (nc-) TiO2 particles dispersed in a semiconducting polymer, poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK), has been studied by photoluminescence and charge transport measurements. The solvent and the TiO2 particle concentration have been selected to optimize the composite morphology. A large number of small domains leading to a large interface and an improved exciton dissociation could be obtained with tetrahydrofuran (THF). The charge transport mechanism and trap distribution at low and high voltage in ITO/nc-TiO2:PVK/Al diodes in the dark could be identified by current-voltage measurements and impedance spectroscopy. The transport mechanism is space charge limited with an exponential trap distribution in the high voltage regime (1-4 V), whereas a Schottky process with a barrier height of about 0.9 eV is observed at low bias voltages (