Abstract
An analytical model of organic solar cell has been developed including the effect of monomolecular recombination and charge carrier generation rate, simultaneously. The charge carrier generation rate, depending on position and wavelength, obtained from optical transfer matrix method, has been incorporated into electrical transport equation of carriers; this has led to combining optical and electrical phenomena into this model. Charge carrier generation rate profile has been investigated and included to develop the model. The proposed model addresses the propagation of light and the effects of optical phenomena like reflection and interference inside the device. Compared to previous models, this model is an improved version because of considering recombination mechanism and position and wavelength dependent generation rate simultaneously. This analytical model is useful for finding the performance of the organic solar cell device such as current-voltage relation, power-voltage relation, efficiency, etc. avoiding the complexities of numerical calculations. The proposed model has been validated by comparing the results obtained from the model with that of published experimental works. This model may help to analyse organic solar cells and optimize their parameters for improving the performance.
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•An analytical model was developed for the analysis of organic solar cell (OSC).•Generation of charge carriers and monomolecular recombination both were considered.•Optical transfer matrix method was used for estimating charge carrier generation.•Proposed model was used to determine the performances of P3HT:PCBM based OSC.•The model results were found in good agreement with experimental results.