Decreased recombination through the use of a non-fullerene acceptor in a 6.4% efficient organic planar heterojunction solar cell

Advanced Energy Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Verreet, Bregt ^a,b,c   Cnops, Kjell ^a,b   Cheyns, David ^a   Heremans, Paul ^a,b   Stesmans, Andre ^b   Zango, German ^d   Claessens, Christian G ^d   Torres, Tomas ^d,e   Rand, Barry P ^a,c  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

alternative electron acceptors; chlorinated materials; organic photovoltaic cells; recombination; subphthalocyanine

Indexed keywords

BORON; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; FULLERENES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

ALTERNATIVE ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; HETEROJUNCTION CELLS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RECOMBINATION; SOLAR CELL PARAMETERS; SUBPHTHALOCYANINES;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84902085392     PISSN: 16146832     EISSN: 16146840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201301413     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Newsletter Heliatek, January 16, 2013, http://www.heliatek.com/ newscenter/latest-news/neuer-weltrekord-fur-organische-solarzellen-heliatek- behauptet-sich-mit-12-zelleffizienz-als-technologiefuhrer/?lang=en (accessed September 2013)
2. P. Sonar, J. P. F. Lim, K. L. Chan, Energy Environ. Sci. 2011, 4, 1558.
3. H. Gommans, T. Aernouts, B. Verreet, P. Heremans, A. Medina, C. G. Claessens, T. Torres, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19, 3435.
4. B. Verreet, B. P. Rand, D. Cheyns, A. Hadipour, T. Aernouts, P. Heremans, A. Medina, C. G. Claessens, T. Torres, Adv. Energy Mater. 2011, 1, 565.
5. N. Beaumont, S. W. Cho, P. Sullivan, D. Newby, K. E. Smith, T. S. Jones, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, 22, 561.
6. B. P. Rand, D. P. Burk, S. R. Forrest, Phys. Rev. B 2007, 75, 115327.
7. P. Peumans, V. Bulovic̈, S. R. Forrest, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2000, 76, 2650.
8. H. Gommans, B. Verreet, B. P. Rand, R. Müller, J. Poortmans, P. Heremans, J. Genoe, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008, 18, 3686.
9. A. van Dijken, A. Perro, E. A. Meulenkamp, K. Brunner, Org. Electron. 2003, 4, 131.
10. X. Xiao, J. D. Zimmerman, B. E. Lassiter, K. J. Bergemann, S. R. Forrest, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2013, 102, 073302.
11. X. Y. Sun, Q. L. Song, M. L. Wang, X. M. Ding, X. Y. Hou, Z. G. Zhou, F. Y. Li, J. Appl. Phys. 2008, 104, 103702.
12. M. Hirade, C. Adachi, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2011, 99, 153302.
13. A. Barito, M. E. Sykes, D. Billy, J. Amonoo, Y. Jin, S. E. Morris, P. F. Green, J. Kim, M. Shtein, J. Appl. Phys. 2013, 113, 203110.
14. B. Verreet, S. Schols, D. Cheyns, B. P. Rand, H. Gommans, T. Aernouts, P. Heremans, J. Genoe, J. Mater. Chem. 2009, 19, 5295.
15. D. Cheyns, B. P. Rand, P. Heremans, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2010, 97, 033301.
16. B. Ma, C. H. Woo, Y. Miyamoto, J. M. J. Fréchet, Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 1413.
17. G. Chen, H. Sasabe, T. Sano, X.-F. Wang, Z. Hong, J. Kido, Y. Yang, Nanotechnology 2013, 24, 484007.
18. P. Sullivan, A. Duraud, I. Hancox, N. Beaumont, G. Mirri, J. H. R. Tucker, R. A. Hatton, M. Shipman, T. S. Jones, Adv. Energy Mater. 2011, 1, 352.
19. C. Kulshreshtha, G. W. Kim, R. Lampande, D. H. Huh, M. Chae, J. H. Kwon, J. Mater. Chem. A 2013, 1, 4077.
20. B. Verreet, P. E. Malinowski, B. Niesen, D. Cheyns, P. Heremans, A. Stesmans, B. P. Rand, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2013, 102, 043301.
21. J. Wagner, M. Gruber, A. Wilke, Y. Tanake, K. Topczak, A. Steindamm, U. Hörmann, A. Opitz, Y. Nakayama, H. Ishii, J. Pflaum, N. Koch, W. Brütting, J. Appl. Phys. 2012, 111, 054509.
22. Global tilt ASTM G173-03 Reference Spectrum, http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/ spectra/am1.5/ (accessed September 2013).
23. N. Rubio, A. Jiménez-Banzo, T. Torres, S. Nonell, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 2007, 185, 214.
24. A. Mityashin, D. Cheyns, B. P. Rand, P. Heremans, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2012, 100, 053305.
25. A. N. Bartynski, C. Trinh, A. Panda, K. Bergemann, B. E. Lassiter, J. D. Zimmerman, S. R. Forrest, M. E. Thompson, Nano Lett. 2013, 13, 3315.
26. B. P. Rand, J. Genoe, P. Heremans, J. Poortmans, Prog. Photovolt: Res. Appl. 2007, 15, 659.
27. K. Tvingstedt, K. Vandewal, F. Zhang, O. Inganäs, J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 21824.
28. R. Kersting, U. Lemmer, M. Deussen, H. J. Bakker, R. F. Mahrt, H. Kurz, V. I. Arkhipov, H. Bässler, E. O. Göbel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 1994, 73, 1440.
29. K. Vandewal, Z. Ma, J. Bergqvist, Z. Tang, E. Wang, P. Henriksson, K. Tvingstedt, M. R. Andersson, F. Zhang, O. Inganäs, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, 22, 3480.
30. L. J. A. Koster, M. M. Wienk, K. Maturová, R. A. J. Janssen, Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 1670.
31. R. A. Street, M. Schoendorf, A. Roy, J. H. Lee, Phys. Rev. B 2010, 81, 205307.
32. M. M. Mandoc, W. Veurman, L. J. A. Koster, B. de Boer, P. W. M. Blom, Adv Funct. Mater. 2007, 17, 2167.
33. T. M. Clarke, J. R. Durrant, Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 6736.
34. A. Petersen, A. Ojala, T. Kirchartz, T. A. Wagner, F. Würthner, U. Rau, Phys. Rev. B 2012, 85, 245208.
35. C. L. Braun, J. Chem. Phys. 1984, 80, 4157.
36. N. C. Giebink, G. P. Wiederrecht, M. R. Wasielewski, S. R. Forrest, Phys. Rev. B 2010, 82, 155305.
37. K. Vandewal, K. Tvingstedt, A. Gadisa, O. Inganäs, J. V. Manca, Nat. Mater. 2009, 8, 904.
38. N. C. Giebink, G. P. Wiederrecht, M. R. Wasielewski, S. R. Forrest, Phys. Rev. B 2011, 83, 195326.
39. M. Gruber, J. Wagner, K. Klein, U. Hörmann, A. Opitz, M. Stutzmann, W. Brütting, Adv. Energy Mater. 2012, 2, 1100.
40. G. E. Morse, A. S. Paton, A. J. Lough, T. P. Bender, Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 3915.