The Effects of Al-Doped ZnO Layer on the Performance of Organic Solar Cell

The interface properties as well as the solar cell properties of inverted organic solar cells based on PCDTBT:PCBM blends were investigated using sol-gel aluminum doped ZnO as electron transport layers. The effects of Al concentration on the optical, structural and morphological properties of AZO layer were investigated. The results indicate that Al concentration has influenced the grain size growth leading to different surface morphology. High doping concentration resulted in higher charge carrier density and wider band gap. Using AZO layers in organic solar cell has increased their performance; the best performance was observed for the device with 0.5% Al-doped ZnO layer with efficiency of 3.24%, short circuit current density of 8.82mA.cm-^2, fill factor of 0.46% and open circuit voltage of 0.81V, whereas the reference device has exhibited an efficiency of 2.9%, short circuit current density of 7.6mA.cm-2, fill factor of 0.48 % and open circuit voltage of 0.785V.