Analytical and numerical study of photocurrent transients in organic polymer solar cells

DOI10.1016/J.CMA.2010.01.018zbMATH Open1231.78038arXiv1206.6522OpenAlexW2154089222MaRDI QIDQ658776FDOQ658776

Authors: Riccardo Sacco, Maurizio Verri, C. de Falco 

Publication date: 8 February 2012

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This article is an attempt to provide a self consistent picture, including existence analysis and numerical solution algorithms, of the mathematical problems arising from modeling photocurrent transients in Organic-polymer Solar Cells (OSCs). The mathematical model for OSCs consists of a system of nonlinear diffusion-reaction partial differential equations (PDEs) with electrostatic convection, coupled to a kinetic ordinary differential equation (ODE). We propose a suitable reformulation of the model that allows us to prove the existence of a solution in both stationary and transient conditions and to better highlight the role of exciton dynamics in determining the device turn-on time. For the numerical treatment of the problem, we carry out a temporal semi-discretization using an implicit adaptive method, and the resulting sequence of differential subproblems is linearized using the Newton-Raphson method with inexact evaluation of the Jacobian. Then, we use exponentially fitted finite elements for the spatial discretization, and we carry out a thorough validation of the computational model by extensively investigating the impact of the model parameters on photocurrent transient times.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.6522

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zbMATH Keywords

finite element methodnumerical simulationreactiondiffusion systems with electrostatic convectionorganic photovoltaic devicessolar cells

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biological applications of optics and electromagnetic theory (78A70) Finite difference methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M20) Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10)

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