Thin dye layers - Vacuum deposition and structure

Abstract

Vacuum-deposited layers of zinc phthalocyanine and perylene-3,4,9,10- tetracarboxylic dianhydride were obtained with regard to the development of converters of solar radiation into electricity, namely, organic solar cells. It was shown that there were no differences in the composition of the initial dyes and the deposited ones, which is a proof of their thermal stability and a prerequisite for the reproducibility of the composition of the single and mixed layers under study. The results obtained are interpreted in view of the possible applicability of the layers studied for the fabrication of organic solar cells in which the processes of creation, the lifetime and the diffusion paths of the current carriers depend significantly on the film composition and the defects formed at the time of deposition of the active dye layers. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.