Ternary Organic Solar Cells Based on a Wide-Bandgap Polymer with Enhanced Power Conversion Efficiencies

A low-bandgap acceptor (ITIC) was added to a binary system composed of a wide-bandgap polymer (PBT-OTT) and an acceptor (PC(71)BM) to increase the light harvesting efficiency of the associated organic solar cells (OSCs). A ternary blend OSC with an acceptor ratio of PC(71)BM:ITIC = 8:2 was found to...

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Autores principales: Hwang, Hyeongjin, Sin, Dong Hun, Park, Chaneui, Cho, Kilwon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6700133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31427610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48306-x
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Sumario:A low-bandgap acceptor (ITIC) was added to a binary system composed of a wide-bandgap polymer (PBT-OTT) and an acceptor (PC(71)BM) to increase the light harvesting efficiency of the associated organic solar cells (OSCs). A ternary blend OSC with an acceptor ratio of PC(71)BM:ITIC = 8:2 was found to exhibit a power conversion efficiency of 8.18%, which is 18% higher than that of the binary OSC without ITIC. This improvement is mainly due to the enhanced light absorption and optimized film morphology that result from ITIC addition. Furthermore, an energy level cascade forms in the blend that ensures efficient charge transfer, and bimolecular and trap-assisted recombination is suppressed. Thus the use of ternary blend systems provides an effective strategy for the development of efficient single-junction OSCs.

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