Polymer solar cells spray coated with non-halogenated solvents

被引:24
作者
Cai, Chaosheng [1 ]
Zhang, Yangdong [1 ]
Song, Rongying [1 ]
Peng, Zuosheng [1 ]
Xia, Lianpeng [1 ]
Wu, Mingxiao [1 ]
Xiong, Kang [1 ]
Wang, Biao [1 ]
Lin, Yuanbao [1 ]
Xu, Xiaofeng [2 ]
Liang, Quanbing [3 ]
Wu, Hongbin [3 ]
Wang, Ergang [2 ]
Hou, Lintao [1 ]
机构
[1] Jinan Univ, Guangzhou Key Lab Vacuum Coating Technol & New En, Key Lab Optoelect Informat & Sensing Technol Guan, Siyuan Lab,Dept Phys, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[2] Chalmers, Dept Chem & Chem Engn, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
[3] South China Univ Technol, Inst Polymer Optoelect Mat & Devices, State Key Lab Luminescent Mat & Devices, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, Peoples R China
基金
瑞典研究理事会;
关键词
Polymer solar cells; Spray coating; Non-halogenated solvent; Transient solvent evaporation; Light trapping; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION; BLENDS; FILMS;
D O I
10.1016/j.solmat.2016.11.027
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
Using spray-coating technique, we successfully fabricated conventional ITO-based and inverted ITO-free polymer solar cells (PSCs) based on a conjugated polymer poly[2,3-bis-(3-octyloxyphenyl) quinoxaline-5,8-diylalt-thiophene-2,5-diyl] (TQ1) as the donor and [6,6] -phenyl -C-61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC61BM) or [6,6] -phenyl-C-71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) as the acceptor. Environment-friendly non-halogenated solvents were used to process the active layers. The influence of substrate temperatures and processing solvents on the photovoltaic performance of the ITO-based TQ1:PC61BM PSCs was systemically investigated. A higher substrate temperature can accelerate the solvent evaporating rate and afford a micro-textured rougher surface, which efficiently reduced light reflectance and enhanced absorption. Furthermore, finer phase separation was observed when using this high substrate temperature, which led to enhanced photocurrent due to the reduced bimolecular recombination. The device performance of spray-processed PSCs using the non-halogenated solvent mixtures was comparable to that of spray-processed PSCs using the halogenated o-dichlorobenzene (oDCB), which demonstrates that the non-halogenated solvents are very promising in spray-processed PSCs. This work sheds new light on developing efficient roll-to-roll compatible spray-coated PSCs with environment friendly solvents.
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页码:52 / 61
页数:10
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