Performance improvements in polymer nanofiber/fullerene solar cells with external electric field treatment

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 11285-11291

  Solanki, Ankur ^a   Wu, Bo ^a   Salim, Teddy ^b   Yeow, Edwin Kok Lee ^c   Lam, Yeng Ming ^b,d   Sum, Tze Chien ^a,d,e  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e BERKELEY EDUCATION ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH IN SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CHAINS; SOLAR CELLS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-2 ,5-DIYL); POLYMER NANOFIBERS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RECOMBINATION RATE; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 84901789745     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5040097     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Kurniawan, M.; et al. J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 18015
2. Gunes, S.; Neugebauer, H.; Sariciftci, N. S. Conjugated Polymer-Based Organic Solar Cells Chem. Rev. (Washington, DC, U.S.) 2007, 107, 1324-1338
3. Gledhill, S. E.; Scott, B.; Gregg, B. A. Organic and Nano-structured Composite Photovoltaics: An Overview J. Mater. Res. 2005, 20, 3167-3169
4. Hoppe, H.; Sariciftci, N. S. Organic Solar Cells: An Overview J. Mater. Res. 2004, 19, 1924-1945
5. Darling, S. B.; You, F. The Case for Organic Photovoltaics RSC Adv. 2013, 3, 17633-17648
6. Schilinsky, P.; Waldauf, C.; Brabec, C. J. Recombination and Loss Analysis in Polythiophene Based Bulk Heterojunction Photodetectors Appl. Phys. Lett. 2002, 81, 3885-3887
7. Yang, X.; Loos, J.; Veenstra, S. C.; Verhees, W. J. H.; Wienk, M. M.; Kroon, J. M.; Michels, M. A. J.; Janssen, R. A. J. Nanoscale Morphology of High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells Nano Lett. 2005, 5, 579-583
8. Padinger, F.; Rittberger, R. S.; Sariciftci, N. S. Effects of Postproduction Treatment on Plastic Solar Cells Adv. Funct. Mater. 2003, 13, 85-88
9. Hummelen, J. C.; Knight, B. W.; LePeq, F.; Wudl, F.; Yao, J.; Wilkins, C. L. Preparation and Characterization of Fulleroid and Methanofullerene Derivatives J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 532-532
10. Brabec, C. J.; Gowrisanker, S.; Halls, J. J. M.; Laird, D.; Jia, S.; Williams, S. P. Polymer-Fullerene Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 3839-3856
11. He, Z.; Zhong, C.; Su, S.; Xu, M.; Wu, H.; Cao, Y. Enhanced Power-Conversion Efficiency in Polymer Solar Cells using an Inverted Device Structure Nat. Photonics 2012, 6, 591-595
12. Guo, J.; Ohkita, H.; Benten, H.; Ito, S. Charge Generation and Recombination Dynamics in Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/Fullerene Blend Films with Different Regioregularities and Morphologies J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 6154-6164
13. Li, G.; Yao, Y.; Yang, H.; Shrotriya, V.; Yang, G.; Yang, Y. "Solvent Annealing" Effect in Polymer Solar Cells Based on Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Methanofullerenes Adv. Funct. Mater. 2007, 17, 1636-1644
14. 60 Bisadduct by Device Optimization Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 4355-4358
15. Bagui, A.; Iyer, S. S. K. Effect Of Solvent Annealing in the Presence of Electric Field on P3HT:PCBM Films Used in Organic Solar Cells IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 2011, 58, 4061-4066
16. Kim, J. S.; Park, Y.; Lee, D. Y.; Lee, J. H.; Park, J. H.; Kim, J. K.; Cho, K. Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanorods with Aligned Chain Orientation for Organic Photovoltaics Adv. Funct. Mater. 2010, 20, 540-545
17. Kim, J.-H.; Park, J. H.; Lee, J. H.; Kim, J. S.; Sim, M.; Shim, C.; Cho, K. Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Based on Preformed Polythiophene Nanowires via Solubility-Induced Crystallization J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20, 7398-7405
18. Kim, J. S.; Lee, J. H.; Park, J. H.; Shim, C.; Sim, M.; Cho, K. High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Based on Preformed Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanowires Adv. Funct. Mater. 2011, 21, 480-486
19. Sun, S.; Salim, T.; Wong, L. H.; Foo, Y. L.; Boey, F.; Lam, Y. M. A New Insight into Controlling Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanofiber Growth through a Mixed-Solvent Approach for Organic Photovoltaics Applications J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 377-386
20. Chen, W.; Nikiforov, M. P.; Darling, S. B. Morphology Characterization In Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells Energy Environ. Sci. 2012, 5, 8045-8074
21. van Bavel, S. S.; Sourty, E.; de With, G.; Loos, J. Three-Dimensional Nanoscale Organization of Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells Nano Lett. 2009, 9, 507-513
22. Moon, J. S.; Lee, J. K.; Cho, S.; Byun, J.; Heeger, A. J. "Columnlike" Structure of the Cross-Sectional Morphology of Bulk Heterojunction Materials Nano Lett. 2009, 9, 230-234
23. Bertho, S.; Oosterbaan, W. D.; Vrindts, V.; Bolsee, J. C.; Piersimoni, F.; Spoltore, D.; D'Haen, J.; Lutsen, L.; Vanderzande, D.; Manca, J. V. Poly(3-alkylthiophene) Nanofibers for Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Adv. Mater. Res. (Durnten-Zurich, Switz.) 2011, 324, 32-37
24. Qiao, F. Improved Performance of Photovoltaic Devices Based on Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanofibers and CdSe Quantum Dots through Ligand Exchange and Annealing Treatment Solid-State Electron. 2013, 82, 25-28
25. Li, L.; Lu, G.; Yang, X. Improving Performance of Polymer Photovoltaic Devices using an Annealing-free Approach via Construction of Ordered Aggregates in Solution J. Mater. Chem. 2008, 18, 1984-1990
26. Kim, Y.; Cook, S.; Tuladhar, S. M.; Choulis, S. A.; Nelson, J.; Durrant, J. R.; Bradley, D. D. C.; Giles, M.; McCulloch, I.; Ha, C. S. A Strong Regioregularity Effect in Self-Organizing Conjugated Polymer Films and High-Efficiency Polythiophene:Fullerene Solar Cells Nat. Mater. 2006, 5, 197-203
27. Berson, S.; De Bettignies, R.; Bailly, S.; Guillerez, S. Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Fibers for Photovoltaic Applications Adv. Funct. Mater. 2007, 17, 1377-1384
28. Kurniawan, M.; Salim, T.; Tai, K. F.; Sun, S.; Sie, E. J.; Wu, X.; Yeow, E. K. L.; Huan, C. H. A.; Lam, Y. M.; Sum, T. C. Carrier Dynamics in Polymer Nanofiber:Fullerene Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 18015-18022
29. Marchiori, C. F. N.; Koehler, M. Dipole Assisted Exciton Dissociation at Conjugated Polymer/Fullerene Photovoltaic Interfaces: A Molecular Study using Density Functional Theory Calculations Synth. Met. 2010, 160, 643-650
30. Clark, J.; Silva, C.; Friend, R. H.; Spano, F. C. Role of Intermolecular Coupling in the Photophysics of Disordered Organic Semiconductors: Aggregate Emission in Regioregular Polythiophene Phys. Rev. Lett. 2007, 98, 206406
31. Spano, F. C. Modeling Disorder in Polymer Aggregates: The Optical Spectroscopy of Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Thin Films J. Chem. Phys. 2005, 122, 234701
32. Marsh, R. A.; Hodgkiss, J. M.; Albert-Seifried, S.; Friend, R. H. Effect of Annealing on P3HT:PCBM Charge Transfer and Nanoscale Morphology Probed by Ultrafast Spectroscopy Nano Lett. 2010, 10, 923-930
33. Mihailetchi, V. D.; Wildeman, J.; Blom, P. W. M. Space-Charge Limited Photocurrent Phys. Rev. Lett. 2005, 94, 126602
34. Goodman, A. M.; Rose, A. Double Extraction of Uniformly Generated Electron-Hole Pairs from Insulators with Noninjecting Contacts J. Appl. Phys. 1971, 42, 2823-2830
35. Malliaras, G. G.; Salem, J. R.; Brock, P. J.; Scott, J. C. Photovoltaic Measurement of the Built-in Potential in Organic Light Emitting Diodes and Photodiodes J. Appl. Phys. 1998, 84, 1583-1587
36. Guo, J.; Ohkita, H.; Benten, H.; Ito, S. Near-IR Femtosecond Transient Absorption Spectroscopy of Ultrafast Polaron and Triplet Exciton Formation in Polythiophene Films with Different Regioregularities J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 16869-16880
37. Sentein, C.; Rocha, L.; Apostoluk, A.; Raimond, P.; Duyssens, I.; Van Severen, I.; Cleij, T.; Lutsen, L.; Vanderzande, D.; Kažukauskas, V. Evidence of the Improvement of Photovoltaic Efficiency by Polar Molecule Orientation in a New Semiconducting Polymer Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 2007, 91, 1816-1824
38. Nikiforov, M. P.; Lai, B.; Chen, W.; Chen, S.; Schaller, R. D.; Strzalka, J.; Maser, J.; Darling, S. B. Detection and Role of Trace Impurities in High-Performance Organic Solar Cells Energy Environ. Sci. 2013, 6, 1513-1520
39. Mandoc, M. M.; Kooistra, F. B.; Hummelen, J. C.; de Boer, B.; Blom, P. W. M. Effect of Traps on the Performance of Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007, 91, 263505
40. Nalwa, K. S.; Mahadevapuram, R. C.; Chaudhary, S. Growth Rate Dependent Trap Density in Polythiophene-Fullerene Solar Cells and its Implications Appl. Phys. Lett. 2011, 98, 093306
41. Liming, L.; Guangyong, L. Modeling and Simulation of Organic Solar Cells IEEE Nanotechnol. Mater. Devices Conf. 2010, 334-338
42. Rauh, D.; Deibel, C.; Dyakonov, V. Charge Density Dependent Nongeminate Recombination in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, 22, 3371-3377
43. Gluecker, M.; Foertig, A.; Dyakonov, V.; Deibel, C. Impact of Nongeminate Recombination on the Performance of Pristine and Annealed P3HT:PCBM Solar Cells Phys. Status Solidi RRL 2012, 6, 337-339
44. Howard, I. A.; Mauer, R.; Meister, M.; Laquai, F. Effect of Morphology on Ultrafast Free Carrier Generation in Polythiophene:Fullerene Organic Solar Cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 14866-14876
45. Wu, B.; Wu, X.; Guan, C.; Tai, K. F.; Yeow, E. K. L.; Fan, H. J.; Mathews, N.; Sum, T. C. Uncovering Loss Mechanisms in Silver Nanoparticle Blended Plasmonic Organic Solar Cells Nat. Commun. 2013, 4, 2004 10.1038/ncomms3004