Influence of titania thin film morphology on the photovoltaic action of hybrid titania-P3HT solar cell

We report the effects of surface properties of a titania (TiO₂) interconnected network structure for photovoltaic applications of organic thin-film solar cell. The electron acceptor layer was obtained by annealing after spin coating of mixture of polyethylene glycol (PEG), Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and Poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) with titania sol-gel solution. The fabrication method was simple and efficient for the increase of titania surface area. The size and height of nanocrystal titania was controlled by spin-coating speed of mixed solution and components of mixed polymer. The bulk-heterojunction solar cells consist of a nanocrystalline titania. In addition, P3HT solar cell showed strong dependence upon surface morphology and the best performance of cell was produced an open circuit voltage of 0.55 V, a short circuit current density of 0.78 mA/cm², a fill factor of 0.51 and corresponding to a power efficiency of 0.22 % (air mass 1.5).