Organic photovoltaic cells with near infrared absorption spectrum

Organic photovoltaic cells with a strong absorption spectrum in the near infrared region were fabricated with the structure of indium tin oxide (ITO)/zinc phthalocynine (ZnPc)/lead phthalocynine (PbPc)∕C60∕Al. PbPc has a broad and strong absorption, while the organic films of PbPc∕C60 showed an additional new absorption peak at 900nm. The absorption in the near infrared region can harvest more photons to invert into photocurrent. Moreover, the introduction of ZnPc thin layer between ITO and PbPc further improved the new absorption peak and the collection of hole carriers at the electrode ITO, which increased the power conversion efficiencies to 1.95% and short-circuit current density to 9.1mA∕cm2 under AM 1.5 solar spectrum.

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