High-efficiency polymer solar cells with a cost-effective quinoxaline polymer through nanoscale morphology control induced by practical processing additives
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- Title
- High-efficiency polymer solar cells with a cost-effective quinoxaline polymer through nanoscale morphology control induced by practical processing additives
- Author
- Kim, Yiho; Yeom, Hye Rim; Kim, Jin Young; Yang, Changduk
- Keywords
- THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE; SOLVENT ADDITIVES; PHASE-SEPARATION; HOLE MOBILITY; POLYFLUORENE COPOLYMER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; SIDE-CHAINS
- Issue Date
- 201306
- Publisher
- ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
- Citation
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, v.6, no.6, pp.1909 - 1916
- Abstract
- In the quest to improve the performance of polymer solar cells (PSCs) with a view to realizing economic viability, various solvent additives such as 1,8-octanedithiol (ODT), 1,8-diiodooctane (DIO), diphenylether (DPE) and 1-chloronaphthalene (CN) are used in easily obtainable poly(2,3-bis-(3-octyloxyphenyl)-quinoxaline-5,8-dyl-alt-thiophene-2,5-diyl) (TQ1)-based systems with [6,6]-phenyl C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) as an acceptor to optimize the active layer nanomorphology. Utilizing a combination of X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), we find that the addition of 5% (v/v) CN leads to smoother films, less heterogeneous surface features, and well-distributed TQ1:PC71BM phases, resulting in more balanced charge transport in the devices and a highly efficient power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 7.08%. This is a record for quinoxaline-based PCSs and is also comparable with the hitherto reported highest efficiency of the PSCs in single junction devices. In addition, the PSCs using an inverted device structure show a satisfactory PCE of 5.83% with high stability to ambient exposure, maintaining over 80% of its initial PCE, even after storage in air for more than 1 month.
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- DOI
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ee00110e
- ISSN
- 1754-5692
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