Efficient ternary organic solar cells based on immiscible blends Show others and affiliations
2017 (English) In: Organic electronics, ISSN 1566-1199, E-ISSN 1878-5530, Vol. 41, p. 130-136Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Organic photovoltaic cells based on ternary blends of materials with complementary properties represent an approach to improve the photon-absorption and/or charge transport within the devices. However, the more complex nature of the ternary system, i.e. in diversity of materials' properties and morphological features, complicates the understanding of the processes behind such optimizations. Here, organic photovoltaic cells with wider absorption spectrum composed of two electron-donor polymers, F8T2, poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-alt-bithiophene), and PTB7, poly([4,8-bis[(2'-ethylhexyl) oxy] benzo[1,2-b: 4,5-b'] dithiophene-2,6-diyl][3-fluoro-2-[(2'-ethylhexyl) carbonyl] thieno[3,4-b] thiophenediyl]), mixed with [6,6]-phenyl-C-61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC61BM) are investigated. We demonstrate an improvement of 25% in power conversion efficiency in comparison with the most efficient binary blend control devices. The active layers of these ternary cells exhibit gross phase separation, as determined by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Synchrotron-based Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy (STXM).
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages Elsevier, 2017. Vol. 41, p. 130-136
Keywords [en]
Polymer solar cells, Photovoltaics, Ternary blend, Morphology, High efficiency
National Category
Physical Sciences
Research subject Physics
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-62620 DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2016.12.009 ISI: 000390586300017 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-62620 DiVA, id: diva2:1130697
2017-08-102017-08-102021-02-09 Bibliographically approved