Highly efficient inverted polymer solar cells using fullerene derivative modified TiO2 nanorods as the buffer layer

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作者
Sun, Chunming [1 ,2 ]
Li, Xiaodong [2 ]
Wang, Guojie [2 ]
Li, Pandeng [2 ]
Zhang, Wenjun [2 ]
Jiu, Tonggang [2 ]
Jiang, Nianquan [1 ]
Fang, Junfeng [2 ]
机构
[1] Wenzhou Univ, Coll Phys & Elect Informat Engn, Wenzhou 325035, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Ningbo Inst Mat Technol & Engn, Ningbo 315201, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
基金
中国博士后科学基金; 中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PERFORMANCE; INTERLAYER; OXIDE; DYE;
D O I
10.1039/c4ra02254h
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
We reported a significant improvement in the efficiency of polymer solar cells by introducing C-60 pyrrolidine tris-acid (CPTA) to modify the interface between inorganic TiO2 nanorods and the organic active layer. The devices with CPTA-modified TiO2 as the cathode buffer layer exhibited a power conversion efficiency (PCE) as high as 8.74%, accounting for a 12.8% enhancement compared with the bare TiO2 based devices (7.75%) in the polymer thieno[3,4-b] thiophene/benzodithiophene:[6,6]-phenyl C-71-butyric acid methyl ester (PTB7:PC71BM) system. We found that the CPTA layer improves the surface properties of the bare TiO2 film so that charge transfer between the active layer and the TiO2 layer is enhanced.
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页码:19529 / 19532
页数:4
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