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• TITLE: Equivalent Circuit Modification for Organic Solar Cells

  AUTHORS: Nazmul Hossain, Sayantan Das, Terry L. Alford

  KEYWORDS: Equivalent Circuit, Fill-Factor, Interfacial Layer, Organic Solar Cells, P3HT/PCBM

  JOURNAL NAME: Circuits and Systems, Vol.6 No.6, July 27, 2015

  ABSTRACT: In this work, a newly fabricated organic solar cell based on a composite of fullerene derivative [6,6]-phenyl-C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) and regioregular poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) with an added interfacial layer of AgOx in between the PEDOT:PSS layer and the ITO layer is investigated and an equivalent circuit model is proposed for the device. Incorporation of the AgOx interfacial layer shows an increase in fill factor (by 33%) and power conversion efficiency (by 28%). Moreover, proper correlation has been achieved between the experimental and simulated I-V plots. The simulation shows that device characteristics can be explained with accuracy by the proposed model.