Investigation of a conjugated polyelectrolyte interlayer for inverted polymer:fullerene solar cells

Advanced Energy Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 718-723

  Xia, Ruidong ^a,d   Leem, Dong Seok ^a,e   Kirchartz, Thomas ^a   Spencer, Steve ^b   Murphy, Craig ^b   He, Zhicai ^c   Wu, Hongbin ^c   Su, Shijian ^c   Cao, Yong ^c   Kim, Ji Seon ^a   Demello, John C ^a   Bradley, Donal D C ^a   Nelson, Jenny ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^e Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

conjugated polyelectrolyte; inverted structure; polymer solar cells; ultraviolet and X ray photoelectron spectroscopy; workfunction

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CATHODE INTERLAYERS; CONJUGATED POLYELECTROLYTES; DRIFT-DIFFUSION SIMULATION; INVERTED STRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE ATOMIC COMPOSITION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); COATED GLASS SUBSTRATES; DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; ORGANIC ACTIVE LAYERS; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION;

CATHODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOELECTRONS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SOLAR CELLS; WORK FUNCTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ALUMINUM COATINGS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUBSTRATES;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 84878640733     PISSN: 16146832     EISSN: 16146840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201200967     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. H. Hoppe, N. S. Sariciftci, J. Mater. Res. 2004, 19, 1924.
2. M. C. Scharber, D. Mühlbacher, M. Koppe, P. Denk, C. Waldauf, A. J. Heeger, C. J. Brabec, Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 789.
3. Y. Kim, S. Cook, S. M. Tuladhar, S. A. Choulis, J. Nelson, J. R. Durrant, D. D. C. Bradley, M. Giles, I. McCulloch, C. M. Ree, Nature Materials 2006, 5, 197.
4. C. G. Shuttle, B. O'Regan, A. M. Ballantyne, J. Nelson, D. D. C. Bradley, J. C. de Mello, J. R. Durrant, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008, 92, 093311.
5. C. J. Brabec, S. Gowrisanker, J. J. M. Halls, D. Laird, S. J. Jia, S. P. Williams, Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 3839.
6. R. Xia, M. Al-Hashimi, W. C. Tsoi, M. Heeney, D. D. C. Bradley, J. Nelson, Solar Energy Mater. Solar Cells 2012, 96, 112.
7. J. Y. Kim, S. H. Kim, H. H. Lee, K. Lee, W. Ma, X. Gong, A. J Heeger, Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 572.
8. R. Pacios, A. J. Chatten, K. Kawano, J. R. Durrant, D. D. C. Bradley, J. Nelson, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2006, 16, 2117.
9. C. Yang, J. Y. Kim, S. Cho, J. K. Lee, A. J. Heeger, F. Wudl, J. Am.Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 6444.
10. D. S. Leem, A. Edwards, M. Faist, J. Nelson, D. D. C. Bradley, J. C. de Mello, Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 437.
11. G. K. Mor, K. Shankar, M. Paulose, O. K. Varghese, C. A. Grimes, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007, 91, 152111.
12. S. K. Hau, H. L. Yip, O. Acton, N. S. Baek, H. Ma, A. K. Y. Jen, J. Mater. Chem. 2008, 18, 5113
13. M. M. Voigt, R. C. I. Mackenzie, S. P. King, C. P. Yau, P. Atienzar, J. Dane, P. E. Keivanidis, I. Zadrazil, D. D. C. Bradley, J. Nelson, Solar Energy Mater. Solar Cells 2012, 105, 77.
14. H. H. Liao, L. M. Chen, Z. Xu, G. Li, Y. Yang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008, 92, 173303.
15. B. Y. Yu, A. Tsai, S. P. Tsai, K. T. Wong, Y. Yang, C. W. Chu, J. J. Shyue, Nanotechnology 2008, 19, 255202.
16. H. Ma, H.-L. Yip, F. Huang, A. K.-Y. Jen, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2010, 20, 1371-1388.
17. X. Wang, T. Ishwara, W. Gong, M. Campoy-Quiles, J. Nelson, D. D. C. Bradley, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, 22, 1454.
18. L. Dou, J. You, J. Yang, C. Chen, Y. He, S. Murase, T. Moriarty, K. Emery, G. Li, Y. Yang, Nat. Photon. 2012, 6, 180.
19. Z. He, C. Zhong, X. Huang, W. Y. Wong, H. Wu, L. Chen, S. Su, Y. Cao, Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 4636.
20. Y. Zhou, C. Fuentes-Hernandez, J. Shim, J. Meyer, A. J. Giordano, H. Li, P. Winget, T. Papadopoulos, H. Cheun, J. Kim, M. Fenoll, A. Dindar, W. Haske, E. Najafabadi, T. M. Khan, H. Sojoudi, S. Barlow, S. Graham, J. L. Bredas, S. R. Marder, A. Kahn, B. Kippelen, Science 2012, 336, 327.
21. Z. He, C. Zhong, S. Su, M. Xu, H. Wu, Y. Cao, Nat. Photon. 2012, 6, 591.
22. J. H. Seo, A. Gutacker, Y. Sun, H. Wu, F. Huang, Y. Cao, U. Scherf, A. J. Heeger, G. C. Bazan, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8416.
23. J. H. Seo, A. Gutacker, B. Walker, S. Cho, A. Garcia, R. Yang, T. Q. Nguyen, A. J. Heeger, G. C. Bazan, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 18220.
24. N. Blouin, A. Michaud, M. Leclerc, Adv. Mater. 2007, 19, 2295.
25. S. H. Park, A. Roy, S. Beaupre, S. Cho, N. Coates, J. S. Moon, D. Moses, M. Leclerc, K. Lee, A. J. Heeger, Nat. Photon. 2009, 3, 297.
26. S. Cho, J. H. Seo, S. H. Park, S. Beaupré, M. Leclerc, A. J. Heeger, Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 1253.
27. J. H. Seo, S. Cho, M. Leclerc, A. J. Heeger, Chem. Phys. Lett. 2011, 503, 101.
28. S. Schafer, A. Petersen, T. A. Wagner, R. Kniprath, D. Lingenfelser, A. Zen, T. Kirchartz, B. Zimmermann, U. Wurfel, X. Feng, T. Mayer, Phys. Rev. B 2011, 83, 165311
29. T. Kirchartz, W. Gong, S. A. Hawks, T. Agostinelli, R. C. I. MacKenzie, Y. Yang, J. Nelson, J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 7672.
30. J. C. Blakesley, D. Neher, Phys. Rev. B 2011, 84, 075210.
31. T. Kirchartz, B. E. Pieters, J. Kirkpatrick, U. Rau, J. Nelson, Phys. Rev. B 2011, 83, 115209.
32. S. Dongaonkar, J. D. Servaites, G. M. Ford, S. Loser, J. Moore, R. M. Gelfand, H. Mohseni, H. W. Hillhouse, R. Agrawal, M. A. Ratner, T. J. Marks, M. S. Lundstrom, M. A. Alam, J. Appl. Phys. 2010, 108, 124509.