@phdthesis{Baumann2011,
  author    = {Baumann, Andreas},
  title     = {Charge Transport and Recombination Dynamics in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-64915},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {The charge transport in disordered organic bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells is a crucial process affecting the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the solar cell. With the need of synthesizing new materials for improving the power conversion efficiency of those cells it is important to study not only the photophysical but also the electrical properties of the new material classes. Thereby, the experimental techniques need to be applicable to operating solar cells. In this work, the conventional methods of transient photoconductivity (also known as "Time-of-Flight" (TOF)), as well as the transient charge extraction technique of "Charge Carrier Extraction by Linearly Increasing Voltage" (CELIV) are performed on different organic blend compositions. Especially with the latter it is feasible to study the dynamics, i.e. charge transport and charge carrier recombination, in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells with active layer thicknesses of 100-200 nm. For a well performing organic BHJ solar cells the morphology is the most crucial parameter finding a trade-off between an efficient photogeneration of charge carriers and the transport of the latter to the electrodes. Besides the morphology, the nature of energetic disorder of the active material blend and its influence on the dynamics are discussed extensively in this work. Thereby, the material system of poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) and [6,6]-phenyl-C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PC61BM) serves mainly as a reference material system. New promising donor or acceptor materials and their potential for application in organic photovoltaics are studied in view of charge dynamics and compared with the reference system. With the need for commercialization of organic solar cells the question of the impact of environmental conditions on the PCE of the solar cells raises. In this work, organic BHJ solar cells exposed to synthetic air for finite duration are studied in view of the charge carrier transport and recombination dynamics. Finally, within the framework of this work the technique of photo-CELIV is improved. With the modified technique it is now feasible to study the mobility and lifetime of charge carriers in organic solar cells under operating conditions.},
  subject      = {Photovoltaik},
  language  = {en}
}