Titre : Effects of Zinc Oxide used as an alternative for Organic Polymer in Single Layer Organic Solar Cells: Simulation Study Auteurs : Abdussalam A. Ahmaid , Abdulhakim A. Jangher , Abdulhamid A. Sghayer, Revue : Entropy: Thermodynamics – Energy – Environment – Economy Numéro : Special issue IEES Volume : 5 Date : 2024/01/26 DOI : 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1070 ISSN : 2634-1476 Résumé : The present work aims to study the effects of using Zinc oxide in organic solar cell, as an alternative for organic polymer in active layer, in layer by layer type, which is responsible for many factors related to performance of the cell and the efficiency, such as the recombination time, fill factor, and open circuit voltage, the maximum current produced by the cell, the efficiency of the cell, and comparison between results for both models, ZnO & PCBM, with keeping the thickness of the active layer equaled, the results showed a clear differences in some factors, not big variations in others, all data was collected by using simulation software, which is help in reducing time and efforts in real experiments in the Lab. Éditeur : ISTE OpenScience