Tuning the energy level offset between donor and acceptor with ferroelectric dipole layers for increased efficiency in bilayer organic photovoltaic cells.

نویسندگان

  • Bin Yang
  • Yongbo Yuan
  • Pankaj Sharma
  • Shashi Poddar
  • Rafal Korlacki
  • Stephen Ducharme
  • Alexei Gruverman
  • Ravi Saraf
  • Jinsong Huang
چکیده

Ultrathin ferroelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (70%)-tetrafluoroethylene (30%) copolymer film is inserted between the poly3(hexylthiophene) (P3HT) donor and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methylester (PCBM) acceptor layers as the dipole layer to tune the relative energy levels, which can potentially maximize the open circuit voltage of bilayer organic solar cells. In this work, the power conversion efficiency of P3HT/PCBM bilayer solar cells is demonstrated to be doubled with the inserted dipoles.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Advanced materials

دوره 24 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012