Effect of Polymer Aggregation on the Open Circuit Voltage in Organic Photovoltaic Cells: Aggregation-Induced Conjugated Polymer Gel and its Application for Preventing Open Circuit Voltage Drop

被引:51
作者
Kim, Bong-Gi
Jeong, Eun Jeong [1 ]
Park, Hui Joon
Bilby, David [1 ]
Guo, L. Jay
Kim, Jinsang [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Michigan, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
关键词
self-assembly; organic photovoltaic cells; conjugated polymers; nanowires; organic electronics; SOLAR-CELLS; INTERCHAIN INTERACTIONS; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; PERFORMANCE; MORPHOLOGY; POLYTHIOPHENE; ELECTROLUMINESCENT; ORGANIZATION; MOBILITY; BEHAVIOR;
D O I
10.1021/am101067x
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
To investigate the structure-dependent aggregation behavior of conjugated polymers and the effect of aggregation on the device performance of conjugated polymer photovoltaic cells, new conjugated polymers (PVTT and CN-PVTT) having the same regioregularity but different intermolecular packing were prepared and characterized by means of UV-vis spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Photovoltaic devices were prepared with these polymers under different polymer aggregate conditions. Polymer aggregation induced by thermal annealing increases the short circuit current but provides no advantage in the overall power conversion efficiency because of a decrease 41 the open circuit voltage. The device fabricated from a pre-aggregated polymer suspension, acquired from ultrasonic agitation of a conjugated polymer gel, showed enhanced performance because of better phase separation and reduced recombination between polymer/PCBM.
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页码:674 / 680
页数:7
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