High short-circuit current in PTB7-Th:ITIC organic solar cells induced by pulsed laser deposited MoO3 layer

Ugwuanyi, Godwin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2871-0509, Eze, Martin Chinweokwu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2724-7516, Singh, Sukhwinder, Ifheema, Hamed, Rocha, Victoria G., Hou, Bo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9918-8223 and Min, Gao 2025. High short-circuit current in PTB7-Th:ITIC organic solar cells induced by pulsed laser deposited MoO3 layer. Nanotechnology 10.1088/1361-6528/ae1592

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Abstract

The paper reports a high short-circuit current density of 43.6 mA/cm2 obtained in an organic solar cell that has a device structure of ITO/ZnO/PTB7-Th:ITIC/MoO3/Ag. The novel aspect of this work is that the MoO3 layers were prepared using Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD). The experimental data analysis indicates that the observed increase is specifically associated with the pulsed laser deposited MoO3 layers. Although the exact mechanisms responsible for such huge increase are yet to be identified, the result of this work shows that a significantly higher short-circuit current can be obtained in organic solar cells, offering a potential pathway for further improving the power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Schools > Engineering Schools > Physics and Astronomy
Publisher:	IOP Publishing
ISSN:	0957-4484
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	27 October 2025
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2025 12:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/181907

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