In-depth considerations for better polyelectrolytes as interfacial materials in polymer solar cells
نویسندگان
چکیده
Heeger Center for Advanced Materials (HCAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea Department of Chemistry Education, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea Professional Graduate School of Flexible and Printable Electronics and Polymer Materials Fusion Research Center, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do 561-756, Republic of Korea
منابع مشابه
Interfacial Layer Engineering for Performance Enhancement in Polymer Solar Cells
Improving power conversion efficiency and device performance stability is the most critical challenge in polymer solar cells for fulfilling their applications in industry at large scale. Various methodologies have been developed for realizing this goal, among them interfacial layer engineering has shown great success, which can optimize the electrical contacts between active layers and electrod...
متن کاملInterface investigation and engineering – achieving high performance polymer photovoltaic devices†‡
The contact between the polymer active layer and the electrode is one the most critical interfaces in polymer solar cells. In this article, we report the progress of interface engineering in polymer solar cell research, where the multiple functions of the interfacial materials will be discussed. The vertical composition profile in polymer:fullerene blends is an emerging topic, and the interlaye...
متن کاملEfficient inverted polymer solar cells
We investigate the effect of interfacial buffer layers—vanadium oxide V2O5 and cesium carbonate Cs2CO3 —on the performance of polymer solar cells based on regioregular poly3-hexylthiophene and 6,6 -phenyl C60 butyric acid methyl ester blend. The polarity of solar cells can be controlled by the relative positions of these two interfacial layers. Efficient inverted polymer solar cells were fabric...
متن کاملبهبود چگالی جریان و افزایش کارایی سلول خورشیدی پلیمری P3HT:PCBM با استفاده از نانومیله اکسید روی
Hybrid solar cells combine organic and inorganic materials with the aim of utilizing the low cost cell production of organic photovoltaics (OPV) as well as obtaining other advantages, such as tuneable absorption spectra, from the inorganic component. Whilst hybrid solar cells have the potential to achieve high power conversion efficiencies (PCE), currently obtained efficiencies are quite low. T...
متن کاملEffect of Seed Layer on the Morphology of Zinc Oxide Nanorods as an Electron Transport Layer in Polymer Solar Cells
Zinc oxide has been considered as a promising semiconductor material for fabrication of transparent conductive oxides (TCOs), electronic devices, optoelectronics, and solar cells. Among the various morphologies of zinc oxide, nanorods are more widely used because of the ease of synthesis and providing a direct path for the transport of charge carriers. The electrochemical deposi...
متن کامل