Enhancing the performance of polymer photovoltaic cells by using an alcohol soluble fullerene derivative as the interfacial layer

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2013 Aug 28;5(16):8076-80. doi: 10.1021/am402157b. Epub 2013 Aug 6.

Abstract

Alcohol soluble fullerene derivative (FN-C60) has been synthesized and used as a cathode interfacial layer for high-efficiency polymer solar cells (PSCs). To examine the function of the FN-C60 interfacial layer, polymer solar cells were fabricated with blends of P3:PC71BM, HXS-1:PC71BM, PDFCDTBT:PC71BM, and PDPQTBT:PC71BM as the active layer. In comparison to the bare Al electrode, power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of P3:PC71BM, HXS-1:PC71BM, PDFCDTBT:PC71BM, and PDPQTBT:PC71BM based PSCs were increased from 3.50 to 4.64%, 4.69 to 5.25%, 2.70 to 4.60%, and 1.52 to 2.29%, respectively, when FN-C60/Al was used as the electrode. Moreover, the overall photovoltaic performances of PSCs with the FN-C60/Al electrode were better than those of cells with LiF/Al electrode, indicating that FN-C60 is a potential interfacial layer material to replace LiF.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alcohols / chemistry
  • Electric Power Supplies
  • Electrodes
  • Fullerenes / chemistry*
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Solar Energy*
  • Solvents / chemistry

Substances

  • Alcohols
  • Fullerenes
  • Polymers
  • Solvents