CuPc/C60 heterojunction thin film optoelectronic devices
CuPc/C60 heterojunction thin film Optoelectronic devices

The optoelectronic properties of heterojunction thin film device with ITO/CuPc/C60/Al structure have been investigated through analyzing their current–voltage characteristics, optical absorption and photocurrent. In this organic photovoltaic device CuPc acts as an optically active layer, C60 as the electron–transporting layer and ITO and Al as electrodes. It is observed that under illumination, the excitons are formed, which subsequently drift towards the interface with C60, where an internal electric field is present. The excitons that reach to the interface are subsequently dissociated into free charge carriers due to the electric field present at the interface. The experimental results show that in this device the total current density is a function of injected carriers at electrode–organic semiconductor surface, the leakage current through the organic layer and collected photogenerated current that results from the effective dissociation of excitons.