WO2007108385A1 - 有機薄膜太陽電池 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an organic thin film solar cell using an organic semiconductor.
- Organic thin-film solar cells are expected as future low-cost solar cells because they can be produced with a simpler manufacturing method and lower equipment costs than conventional silicon and compound semiconductor solar cells.
- organic thin-film solar cells are blended with p-type organic semiconductors (donors) and n-type organic semiconductors (acceptors), and pn junction surfaces are dispersed in the thin film with nano-orders.
- the conversion efficiency has improved greatly.
- J. Xue, S. Uchida, BP ⁇ and, SRForrest et al. Describe an organic thin-film solar cell having a barta heterojunction structure as shown in Fig. 9 (Appl.
- the photoelectric conversion layer 3 of this solar cell has a Balta heterojunction structure in which p-type organic semiconductor 15 and n-type organic semiconductor 16 are blended and dispersed in nano-order.
- the electrode is disposed between the transparent electrode 1 and the metal electrode 2. Such a layer structure is laminated on the surface of the transparent substrate 12.
- Vapor deposition is a method in which two materials, p-type organic semiconductor and n-type organic semiconductor, are deposited at the same time (co-evaporation). It is characterized in that thin films having different functions can be formed in multiple layers.
- the coating method is a method in which a soluble donor material (p-type organic semiconductor) or acceptor material (n-type organic semiconductor) is dissolved in a solvent and applied, and the pn junction interface is more easily dispersed than the vapor deposition method.
- the problem that the exciton diffusion distance is short can be improved by forming a photoelectric conversion layer having a Balta heterojunction structure in which a p-type organic semiconductor and an n-type organic semiconductor are blended. .
- a P-type organic semiconductor and an n-type It is necessary to form a barrier junction structure as shown in Fig. 9, where organic semiconductors are co-evaporated and blended, and the pn junction surface must be dispersed in the photoelectric conversion layer.
- oligothiophene and pentacene are molecules in which cyclic compounds are bound linearly, p-type organic semiconductor molecules that easily aggregate on the substrate surface during deposition are uniformly distributed in the nano-order with n-type organic semiconductor molecules. It is difficult to disperse, and as a result, it is difficult to effectively improve the conversion efficiency!
- the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the object of the present invention is to have a high conversion efficiency to photoelectricity like a photoelectric conversion layer having a Balta heterojunction structure. Another object of the present invention is to provide an organic thin-film solar cell having a photoelectric conversion layer having a novel structure that is excellent in carrier transportability to an electrode.
- the organic thin film solar cell according to the present invention is an organic thin film solar cell including a pair of electrodes, at least one of which is light transmissive, and a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the electrodes.
- the photoelectric conversion layer includes a multilayer film formed by alternately laminating an electron-donating organic semiconductor thin film and an electron-accepting thin film, and the electron-donating organic semiconductor thin film
- the film is characterized by comprising organic semiconductor molecules in which a cyclic compound is linearly bonded.
- organic semiconductor molecules obtained by linearly bonding cyclic compounds are poor in dispersibility with organic semiconductor molecules such as fullerene.
- the film enables the same operation as a photoelectric conversion layer with a Balta heterojunction structure.
- carrier transportability can be improved by the high mobility characteristics of organic semiconductor molecules in which cyclic compounds are linearly bonded.
- Each of the electron-donating organic semiconductor thin film and the electron-accepting thin film preferably has a film thickness of lOnm or less.
- the multilayer film is more preferably sandwiched between an electron-donating organic semiconductor thin film having a thickness of lOnm or more and an electron-accepting thin film having a thickness of lOnm or more.
- the organic semiconductor molecule is preferably a acene-based molecular compound represented by the following formula (1).
- n is an integer greater than or equal to 2.
- the electron-accepting thin film preferably contains fullerene or a fullerene compound.
- the thickness of the electron-donating organic semiconductor thin film is preferably larger than the thickness of the electron-accepting thin film.
- the multilayer film further includes an intermediate layer provided between the electron-donating organic semiconductor thin film and the electron-accepting thin film.
- the band gap is smaller than the donor organic semiconductor thin film, and the electron donor organic semiconductor thin film is preferably a band gap smaller than the electron accepting thin film 1 or the electron accepting organic semiconductor thin film.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an organic thin-film solar cell according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 (A) is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the photoelectric conversion part, and (B) is a diagram showing its energy band structure. It is.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an organic thin-film solar cell provided with a photoelectric conversion layer having a heterojunction force between pentacene and fullerene.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an organic thin-film solar cell according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an organic thin-film solar cell according to still another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6A is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the photoelectric conversion unit in FIG. 5, and FIG. 6B is a diagram showing the energy band structure.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an organic thin-film solar cell provided with a photoelectric conversion layer comprising a co-evaporated layer of pentacene and fullerene.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic sectional view of an organic thin-film solar cell of Example 4.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a conventional Balta heterojunction type organic thin film solar cell. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- FIG. 1 An example of the organic thin film solar cell of the present invention is shown in FIG.
- an electrode hole transport layer 10 a photoelectric conversion layer 3, an electron transport layer 11, and an electrode 2 are sequentially laminated on a transparent substrate 12.
- the electrode 1 located on the transparent substrate 12 side is a transparent electrode having optical transparency
- the electrode 2 is a metal electrode.
- the photoelectric conversion layer 3 is formed of a multilayer film in which electron-donating organic semiconductor thin films 4 and electron-accepting thin films 5 are alternately stacked.
- the electron-donating organic semiconductor thin film 4 is formed by P-type organic semiconductor molecules obtained by linearly bonding cyclic compounds.
- the cyclic compound include compounds having a benzene ring, a thiophene ring, and the like.
- the acene group represented by the formula (1) is used as a p-type organic semiconductor molecule in which the benzene rings are linearly bonded.
- Molecular compounds can be used.
- n is an integer of 2 or more, and the upper limit of n is not particularly limited, but in practice, n is preferably 6 or less.
- acene-based molecular compound for example, tetracene in which four benzene rings as shown by the formula (2) are connected in the uniaxial direction
- the formula (3) As an example, five pentacenes linked as shown in FIG.
- oligothiophene in which thiophene rings are connected in a range of 4 to 12 in one axial direction can be used as a P-type organic semiconductor molecule in which thiophene rings are linearly bonded.
- formula (4) The sexitiophen with 6 linked thiophene rings as shown by can be used. Since these linear molecules have a large molecular cohesive energy, they have a feature that a highly crystalline thin film can be formed on a substrate by vapor deposition even at room temperature.
- the electron-accepting thin film 5 can be formed of n-type organic semiconductor molecules.
- n-type organic semiconductor molecule fullerene or fullerene compound can be used.
- Fullerenes include C60, C70, C82, etc., depending on the number of carbon atoms, and fullerene compounds are compounds in which a substituent is bonded to a carbon atom of fullerene such as C60, C70.
- fullerene and fullerene compound are collectively referred to as fullerene.
- the inventor also produced an organic thin film solar cell in which the pentacene layer 20 and the fullerene (C60) layer 22 were heterojunctioned to form the photoelectric conversion layer 3, and a good diode was obtained. It has been confirmed that the characteristics are exhibited. Further, AMI. 5G heterojunction Daio over de to this the pentacene Z fullerene solar simulator, were examined conversion efficiency was irradiated with artificial sunlight of LOOmWZcm 2, it showed a 0.9% efficiency at maximum . Therefore, if the Barta heterojunction structure in which the pn junction interface is dispersed as shown in Fig.
- pentacene and fullerene are vapor-deposited simultaneously to form a thin film
- pentacene is a linear molecule, so pentacene is easily oriented and aggregated (aggregates in the plane direction on the order of 100 nm), which is very A non-uniform thin film is formed.
- pentacene cannot be uniformly dispersed with fullerene and nano-order. Therefore, using pentacene and fullerene to form an organic thin-film solar cell with the structure shown in Fig. 9 shows a very low conversion efficiency of only about 0.03%, and only shows the characteristics! [0029]
- pentacene is used as the p-type organic semiconductor molecule has been described.
- the present invention provides an electron-donating organic semiconductor thin film 4 formed of p-type organic semiconductor molecules and an electron-accepting thin film 5 formed of n-type organic semiconductor molecules.
- the photoelectric conversion layer 3 is formed of a multilayer film in which and are alternately laminated in two or more layers.
- Each of the thin film 4 and the thin film 5 is formed with a very thin film thickness of lOnm or less, and is generally called a superlattice structure in the semiconductor technical field.
- Thin films 4 and 5 are preferably as thin as possible, but the molecular size of lnm is the lower limit of the film thickness. If it is less than this, the film is not uniform, and the operation required in the present invention cannot be obtained.
- the number of thin films 4 and 5 is not particularly limited, but the number of thin films 4 and 5 is preferably in the range of 2 to 50 layers.
- Fig. 2 (A) and Fig. 2 (B) show the power generation mechanism of photoelectric conversion layer 3 formed by alternately laminating thin films 4 of p-type organic semiconductors 4 and thin films 5 of n-type organic semiconductors.
- excitons E composed of pairs of electrons e and holes h are generated in the thin film 4 of the p-type organic semiconductor or the thin film 5 of the n-type organic semiconductor.
- exciton E diffuses and moves to the randomly formed pn junction interface, causing charge separation.
- the superlattice structure will be described.
- the superlattice structure using the epitaxial growth of compound semiconductors was invented in the 1970s, and the band gap, optical properties, carrier mobility, etc. can be controlled by repeatedly laminating different types of thin films.
- Various devices have been developed by applying technology.
- compound semiconductor solar cells for example, Barnham, Duggan et al. Used a super lattice structure for the i-layer of pin-type solar cells (J. Appl. Phys., 67, 7, P. 3490, 1990).
- the voltage is controlled by the p and n layers, and the band gap of the i layer is controlled by the material and film thickness used for the superlattice.
- the carrier transport after the charge separation uses the tunnel effect, but in the present invention the alternating laminated structure is used to improve the efficiency of the charge separation. It is different in that it uses.
- inorganic semiconductor solar cells including compound semiconductors, pairs of electrons and holes generated by light energy are weakly bound, so they are immediately separated by thermal energy and transported as free carriers. Therefore, there is no effect of the superlattice structure on charge separation.
- This device shows the relationship between the thickness of the alternating multilayer film and the external quantum efficiency when reverse bias is applied.At zero bias, which is required for solar cell operation, the quantum efficiency is 0 when the number of stacks is large.
- the p-type material and n-type material combination can transport carriers even if charge separation is possible. Thus, the method of utilizing the superlattice structure is different from the solar cell operation of the present invention.
- a Balta heterojunction type organic thin-film solar cell using phthalocyanine as a p-type organic semiconductor molecule a photoelectric conversion layer dispersed in a nano-order can be obtained very uniformly by a co-evaporation method.
- the Balta heterojunction effect cannot be expected.
- phthalocyanine has a planar molecular structure and low carrier mobility, so in ultra-thin films of several molecular layers, the film density is uniform in the plane direction, and carriers are potential barriers. This is considered to be caused by easy recombination when exceeding.
- a superlattice structure is formed by a p-type organic semiconductor molecule in which a cyclic compound such as pentacene is linearly bonded and an n- type organic semiconductor molecule such as fullerene
- linear molecules in which a cyclic compound is linearly bonded are easily aggregated and oriented during vapor deposition, they can be easily oriented to form an ultrathin film even when deposited on any substrate.
- the combination of these materials realizes improved charge separation efficiency, clear pn junction interface formation, and high mobility of p-type organic semiconductor materials, which makes it highly effective in superlattice structures.
- An organic thin film solar cell having carrier transportability and high conversion efficiency can be obtained.
- the photoelectric conversion layer 3 is composed of a p-type organic semiconductor thin film 4 and an n-type organic semiconductor thin film 5.
- the thickness of the p-type organic semiconductor thin film 4 and the thickness of the n-type organic semiconductor thin film 5 may be the same, but the p-type organic semiconductor thin film 4
- the solar cell characteristics can be further improved by forming the film thickness greater than that of the n-type organic semiconductor thin film 5. This is because organic semiconductor molecules formed by linearly bonding cyclic compounds such as pentacene and oligothiophene that form p-type organic semiconductor thin film 4 absorb light more than fullerenes that form n-type organic semiconductor thin film 5.
- the film thickness of the p-type organic semiconductor thin film 4 is formed thicker than the film thickness of the n-type organic semiconductor thin film 5, there is no particular limitation, but for example, the film thickness of the p-type organic semiconductor thin film 4 It is preferable to increase the thickness of the n-type organic semiconductor thin film 5 within the range of 4 times or less.
- FIG. 1 Another embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG.
- a photoelectric conversion layer 3 in which p-type organic semiconductor thin films 4 and n-type organic semiconductor thin films 5 are alternately stacked, an electron-donating organic semiconductor thin film 6 (p-type) having a thickness of lOnm or more, It is characterized by being pin-shaped and sandwiched between electron-accepting thin films 7 (n-type) with a thickness of lOnm or more.
- the p-type organic semiconductor thin film 6 is disposed between the photoelectric conversion layer 3 and the hole transport layer 10
- the n-type organic semiconductor thin film 7 is disposed between the photoelectric conversion layer 3 and the electron transport layer 11. Same as 1.
- the upper limit of the thickness of the p-type organic semiconductor thin film 6 and the n-type organic semiconductor thin film 7 is not particularly limited, but is practically about 1 OOnm.
- a built-in electric field is generated between the p-type organic semiconductor thin film 6 and the n-type organic semiconductor thin film 7, and this can improve the carrier transport efficiency, so that the conversion efficiency can be further improved.
- excitons generated in the p-type organic semiconductor thin film 6 and n-type organic semiconductor thin film 7 and in the vicinity of the junction interface must be used effectively. It works as a transport layer for both carriers and has the effect of improving the voltage and shape factor, which can further increase the conversion efficiency.
- FIG. 5 Yet another embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. In order to further improve the conversion efficiency, both the generated current and the generated voltage must be improved.
- the solar cell shown in Figure 5 In the photoelectric conversion layer 3 in which the electron-donating p-type organic semiconductor thin film 4 and the electron-accepting n-type organic semiconductor thin film 5 are alternately stacked, the band gap is smaller than that of the p-type organic semiconductor thin film 4, and the ⁇ type The band gap is smaller than that of ⁇ -type organic semiconductor thin film 5 or ⁇ -type organic semiconductor thin film 5 ⁇
- An intermediate layer 8 made of ⁇ -type organic semiconductor thin film is provided between ⁇ -type organic semiconductor thin film 4 and ⁇ -type organic semiconductor thin film 5 Features.
- the thickness of the intermediate layer 8 is preferably 1 to: LOnm, more preferably 2 to 4 nm.
- the photoelectric conversion layer 3 is formed by a multilayer film obtained by repeatedly laminating three layers of the p-type organic semiconductor thin film 4, the low band gap organic semiconductor thin film (intermediate layer 8), and the n-type organic semiconductor thin film 5. By forming this, the conversion efficiency can be further improved.
- the intermediate layer 8 has a smaller band gap than the p-type organic semiconductor thin film 4 and is formed of a p-type organic semiconductor thin film! It shall be sought.
- the p-type intermediate layer 8 which has a smaller band gap than the p-type organic semiconductor thin film 4, will absorb the light absorption in the P-type organic semiconductor thin film 4 and the n-type organic semiconductor thin film 5. Since long-wavelength light is absorbed, light of a wider range of wavelengths can be absorbed.
- the p-type intermediate layer 8 has a circular shape.
- the organic semiconductor molecule is not limited to the organic semiconductor molecule in which the compound is linearly bonded, and for example, metal phthalocyanine, which is a planar molecule excellent in long-wavelength light absorption, can be used.
- the p-type organic semiconductor thin film, the p-type intermediate layer, and the n-type organic semiconductor thin film are stacked in this order.
- the low-bandgap p-type organic semiconductor thin film, p-type organic semiconductor thin film, The n-type organic semiconductor thin films may be stacked in this order.
- p-type organic semiconductor thin film Zn type Charge separation occurs at the interface of the organic semiconductor thin film and at the low band gap p-type organic semiconductor thin film Zn type organic semiconductor thin film interface, and carriers are transported by the tunnel phenomenon.
- a low band gap n-type organic semiconductor thin film may be employed.
- the principle of operation is the same as described above, and C70, C84, which are higher-order fullerenes, or fullerenes having a higher carbon number, perylene, etc., can be used for the low band gap n-type organic semiconductor thin film.
- the band gap is smaller than that of the n-type organic semiconductor thin film, the effect of increasing the light absorption range and thus the generated current can be obtained.
- the generated voltage is mainly the difference in potential energy between electrons and holes after charge separation.
- the HOMO level highest occupie d molecular orbital
- the generated current is p-type layer, n-type layer, intermediate layer (low band gap semiconductor layer) Since the light absorption of the light greatly contributes, it is possible to control (improve) the voltage and current independently.
- a superlattice layer is sandwiched between a p-type layer and an n-type layer, and light is absorbed by a superlattice layer formed by alternately stacking two types of compound semiconductor layers having different band gaps.
- a voltage is generated by the difference in Fermi energy between the p-type layer and the n-type layer on both sides, it takes a function-sharing configuration.
- the electron Z hole pair generated by light absorption in the superlattice layer immediately begins to be transported as free carriers, so the band gaps of the two stacked semiconductors take extremely close values. .
- the interface between the p-type layer and the n-type layer specifically, a band having an exciton binding energy of about 0.4 eV or more.
- An offset is required, and it has a high absorption layer, and has two functions: charge separation and light absorption.
- the p-type layer in order to perform this operation, must be formed using organic semiconductor molecules in which a cyclic compound is linearly bonded, and thus a solar cell with excellent carrier transportability. Can be realized.
- a PEDOT: PSS layer (poly [3,4- (ethylenedioxy) thiophephe) is used as a hole transport layer 10 on a glass substrate 12 on which an ITO electrode having a thickness of 150 nm is formed as an electrode 1.
- pentacene was used as a p-type organic semiconductor molecule, and pentacene was vacuum-deposited on the hole transport layer 10 to form an electron-donating organic semiconductor thin film 6 having a thickness of 25 nm.
- fullerene (C60) is used as the n-type organic semiconductor molecule, and fullerene is vacuum-deposited on the thin film 6 to form an electron-accepting organic semiconductor thin film 5 having a thickness of 1 nm.
- pentacene was vacuum-deposited to form an electron donating thin film 4 having a thickness of 1 nm.
- the fullerene thin film 5 and the pentacene thin film 4 were alternately laminated three more times to form a photoelectric conversion layer 3 composed of a multilayer film.
- this photoelectric conversion layer 3 includes four layers of fullerene thin film 5 having a thickness of 1 nm and four thin films 4 of pentacene having a thickness of 1 nm, and a total of eight layers, which are stacked alternately. Has a multilayer structure.
- fullerene was vacuum-deposited on the photoelectric conversion layer 3 to form an electron-accepting thin film 7 having a thickness of 25 nm.
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- an Ag: Mg alloy thin film is formed thereon as an electrode 2 with a film thickness of 100 ⁇ m.
- Photoelectric conversion layer 3 force Except having 2 layers of fullerene thin film 5 with a thickness of 2 nm and 2 layers of thin film 4 of pentacene with a thickness of 2 nm, respectively, except that they have a multilayer structure of 4 layers in total. Otherwise, the organic thin-film solar cell of Example 2 was obtained in the same manner as Example 1.
- Photoelectric conversion layer 3 force Except for having fullerene thin film 5 with a thickness of 1 nm and 3 thin films of pentacene with a thickness of 2 nm, each of which has a multi-layer structure of 6 layers. Otherwise, the organic thin-film solar cell of Example 3 was obtained in the same manner as Example 1.
- Comparative Example 1 As shown in FIG. 3, pentacene is vacuum-deposited to form a 25-nm-thick pentacene layer 20, and fullerene is vacuum-deposited thereon to form a 25-nm-thick fullerene layer 22.
- a pn junction type photoelectric conversion layer 3 composed of a pentacene layer 20 and a fullerene layer 22 was formed on the hole transport layer 10, and an electron transport layer 11 was formed on the photoelectric conversion layer 3. Otherwise in the same manner as in Example 1, an organic thin-film solar cell of Comparative Example 1 was obtained.
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- the photoelectric conversion layer 3 formed by pentacene-fullerene heterojunction shows good diode characteristics and also good solar battery characteristics as a solar battery, but excitons are effective.
- the region where carriers can be collected is considered to be only near the heterojunction interface, which is lower than the estimated current absorption of pentacene and fullerene.
- the photoelectric conversion layer 3 is formed by a co-evaporation method to increase the heterojunction interface. The result was almost non-output and powerful. This is because pentacene aggregates and does not disperse with fullerene immediately.
- Example 1 the one in Example 1 in which the photoelectric conversion layer 3 was formed by alternately stacking the fullerene thin film 5 having a thickness of lnm and the pentacene thin film 4 having a thickness of lnm is the heterojunction of Comparative Example 1.
- the current value is greatly increased compared to the type. This is thought to be because excitons generated in the alternately stacked regions were efficiently charge separated, and the force was transported over the potential barrier and taken out to the outside.
- the thickness of each of the thin films 4 and 5 was increased to 2 nm as in Example 2. However, there was almost no change in the characteristics. This shows that increasing the film thickness on this order does not prevent the barrier from being overcome.
- Example 3 the characteristics were further improved by making the thickness of the pentacene thin film 4 larger than that of the fullerene thin film 5. This is probably because pentacene has more light absorption and pentacene has higher mobility, so that further improvement was achieved in both light absorption and carrier transport.
- the organic thin film solar cell of this example is composed of pentacene as the p-type organic semiconductor thin film 4, fullerene C60 as the n-type organic semiconductor thin film 5, and Zn phthalocyanine as the p-type organic semiconductor thin film 8 with a low band gap.
- the photoelectric conversion layer 3 having a superlattice structure obtained by repeatedly stacking these three layers a plurality of times in the thickness direction is characterized.
- the overall configuration of the solar cell is that an ITO film as a transparent electrode 1 and a PEDOT film as a hole transport layer 10 are sequentially formed on a glass substrate 12, and a pentacene layer 6 is formed thereon with a film thickness of 25 nm. did.
- a 2 nm thick C60 fullerene thin film 5, a 2 nm thick pentacene thin film 4, and a 2 nm thick Zn phthalocyanine thin film 8 were formed in sequence, and these three layers were stacked four times in total. Conversion layer 3 (12 layers in total) was obtained.
- a C6 0 fullerene layer 7 on the photoelectric conversion layer 3 was formed with a thickness of 25 nm
- a BCP layer as an electron transport layer 11 is formed with a thickness of 6 n m thereon
- further AgMg alloy as the electrode 2 A layer was formed on the electron transport layer 11 with a thickness of 60 nm.
- a The solar cell output when irradiated with pseudo sunlight of Ml. 5G and lOOmWZcm 2 was a short-circuit current of 9.0 mA / cm2, an open-circuit voltage of 0.37 V, a form factor of 0.45, and a conversion efficiency of 1.5%.
- the photoelectric conversion layer can be a multilayer film in which an electron-donating organic semiconductor thin film and an electron-accepting thin film are alternately stacked.
- P-type organic semiconductor (donor) and n-type organic semiconductor (acceptor) are blended and dispersed uniformly in the thin film, resulting in the same photoelectric conversion performance as a conventional Balta heterojunction layer and electron donating properties
- organic semiconductor molecules in which cyclic compounds are linearly bonded as organic semiconductor thin films organic thin film solar cells having excellent carrier transportability to electrodes can be provided. It is expected to be put to practical use as a next-generation solar cell that can replace compound semiconductor solar cells.
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