Extracting charge carrier mobility in organic solar cells through space-charge-limited current measurements

Abstract

Mobility is a critical parameter influencing the overall performance of organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, we innovatively elucidated the intricate interrelation between the photovoltaic molecular structures and the methodologies employed for the extraction of charge carrier mobility in OSCs. We proposed a simple yet effective principle to accurately extract charge carrier mobility values using the standard space-charge-limited current (SCLC) measurement, while critically assessing theoretical and experimental deficiencies through the drift-diffusion analysis. It was found that field-dependent charge transport is necessitated to describe the prominent long-range intrachain hopping carrier b..