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We present a simple and accurate method of determininy the optical constant and physical thickness of the photoactive layer in a polymer solar cell. The applicabilities of the physics models including Forouhi-Bloomer and Lorentz-Oscillator models in transmission curve fitting are compared. This method is used to calculate the optical constants and film thicknesses of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) /[6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) and poly[2- methoxy-5-5(2'-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene](MEH-PPV)/PCBM bulk heterojunction, The calculated transmission curves fit to the experimental ones well. The results accord with those reported in the literature and from the step profiler, and their error is less than 4%. The optical constant and the physical thickness of polymer solar cell after the optimization process including thermal annealing and adding high-boiling-point additive are studied, and the results are consistent with the voltage-current characteristics of the cell. This method is suited for bulk heterojunction films and can be used in polymer solar cell optimization and detection system.
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Keywords:
- polymer solar cells /
- optical constants /
- transmission curve /
- Forouhi-Bloomer model
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[1] Oosterhout S D, Wienk M M, van BavelS S, ThiedmannR, Koster L J A, Gilot J, Loos J, Schmidt V, Janssen R A J 2011 Nature Materials 8 818
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[3] Chen H Y, Yang H C, Yang G W, Sista S, Zadoyan R, Li G, Yang Y 2009 J. Phys. Chem. C 113 7946
[4] van Bavel S S, Sourty E, deWith G, Loos J 2009 Nano Lett. 9 507
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[6] Yu H Z, Wen Y X 2011 Acta Phys. Sin. 60 038401 (in Chinese) [於黄忠, 温源鑫 2011 物理学报 60 038401]
[7] Li R H, Meng W M, Peng Y Q, Ma C Z, Wang R S, Xie H W, Wang Y, Ye Z C 2010 Acta Phys. Sin. 59 2126 (in Chinese) [李荣华, 孟卫民, 彭应全, 马朝柱, 汪润生, 谢宏伟, 王颖, 叶早晨 2010 物理学报 59 2126]
[8] Liu R, Xu S, Zhao S L, Zhang F J, Cao X N, Kong C, Cao W Z, Gong W 2011 Acta Phys. Sin. 60 058801 (in Chinese) [刘瑞, 徐征, 赵谡玲, 张福俊, 曹晓宁, 孔超, 曹文喆, 龚伟 2011 物理学报 60 058801]
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[10] Kim J Y, KimS H, Lee H H, Lee K, Ma W L, Gong X, Heeger A L 2006 Adv. Mater 18 572
[11] Persson N K, 2005 J. Chem. Phys. 123 204718
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[17] Su W T, Li B, Liu D q, Zhang F S 2006 Optical Instruments 28 150 (in Chinese) [苏伟涛, 李斌, 刘定权, 张凤山 2006 光学仪器 28 150]
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[19] Moulé A J, Meerholz K 2007 Appl. Phys. Lett. 91 061901
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[21] Koster L J A, Smits E C P, Mihailetchi V D, Blom P W M 2005 Physical Review B 72 085205
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