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Copper phthalocyanine (CuPc)-fullerene (C60) photovoltaic cells are produced by organic vapour phase deposition reaching efficiencies of 3%. The electronic transport properties of the devices are investigated as a function of the CuPc:C60 absorber blend layer composition and its preparation temperature. The analysis of the transport properties of the devices employs the one-diode model. It is shown that the dominant recombination process takes place at the donor-acceptor interfaces of the CuPc and C60 absorber domains. The activation energy of recombination is related to the effective band gap of the blend layer.
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Rusu, M. et al. (2009). Performance and Transport Properties of Phthalocyanine:Fullerene Organic Solar Cells. In: Al-Shamery, K., Horowitz, G., Sitter, H., Rubahn, HG. (eds) Interface Controlled Organic Thin Films. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 129. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-95930-4_32
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