Citation: Wei-chao Chen, Man-jun Xiao, Chun-peng Yang, Lin-rui Duan, Ren-qiang Yang. Efficient P3HT: PC₆₁BM Solar Cells Employing 1, 2, 4-Trichlorobenzene as the Processing Additives[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, ;2017, 35(2): 302-308. doi: 10.1007/s10118-017-1892-y shu

Efficient P3HT: PC₆₁BM Solar Cells Employing 1, 2, 4-Trichlorobenzene as the Processing Additives

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Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
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College of Textiles & Clothing, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China

Corresponding author: Chun-peng Yang, yangcp@qibebt.ac.cn Ren-qiang Yang, yangrq@qibebt.ac.cn
Received Date: 14 October 2016
Revised Date: 8 November 2016
Accepted Date: 10 November 2016

Fund Project: the National Natural Science Foundation of China 61405209the National Natural Science Foundation of China 51573205

The efficiency of the poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and[6, 6]-phenyl C₆₁-butyric acid methyl ester (PC₆₁BM) based organic solar cells was enhanced by using 1, 2, 4-trichlorobenzene (TCB) as a processing additive to control the blend morphology. The addition of TCB improved the arrangement of P3HT which resulted in good phase separated blend films. Correspondingly, the optimized solar cells showed a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 4.17% with a fill factor (FF) of 0.69, which were higher than those of common thermal annealing devices (PCE 3.84%, FF 0.67). The efficiency was further improved to 4.74% by thermal annealing at 150¦ for 10 min with a higher FF of 0.74.
- Organic solar cells,
- Crystallinity,
- Additive,
- Morphology
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