Citation: Wen-tao Xiong, Yi-kun Guo, Da-hui Zhao, Yan-ming Sun. High-performance All Polymer Solar Cells Fabricated with Non-halogenated Solvent[J]. Acta Polymerica Sinica, ;2018, (2): 315-320. doi: 10.11777/j.issn1000-3304.2018.17267 shu

High-performance All Polymer Solar Cells Fabricated with Non-halogenated Solvent

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School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191
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College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871

Corresponding author: Yan-ming Sun, sunym@buaa.edu.cn
Received Date: 14 September 2017
Revised Date: 18 October 2017

Despite the rapid progress that has been made in increasing the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs) over the past decade, it is a challenge to realize efficient and environment-friendly OSCs. In this contribution, all polymer solar cells were fabricated with a blend of poly[4, 8-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-2-yl)benzo[1, 2-b:4, 5-b']dithiophene-co-3-fluorothieno[3, 4-b]thiophene-2-carboxylate] (PTB7-Th) donor and vinylene-bridged perylenediimide-based polymer (PDI-V) acceptor, in which non-halogenated tetrahydrofuran (THF) was used as the host solvent. A conventional device structure of ITO/poly(3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS)/PTB7-Th:PDI-V/zirconium acetylacetonate (ZrAcac)/Al was employed, where PEDOT:PSS functioned as the hole transporting layer (HTL) and ZrAcac functioned as the electron transporting layer (ETL). The mixed solution of PTB7-Th and PDI-V was spin cast on the top of PEDOT:PSS layer to form the active layer. After that, ZrAcac solution was spin cast on the top of PTB7-Th:PDI-V layer. Different thermal annealing temperatures were used to optimize the active layer morphology. In details, OSCs without thermal annealing showed a PCE of 7.1%, with a short-circuit current (J_SC) of 14.9 mA/cm², an open-circuit voltage (V_OC) of 0.74 V, and a fill factor (FF) of 64%. The devices annealed at 120℃ showed a high PCE of 8.1% with a J_SC of 15.5 mA/cm², a V_OC of 0.74 V, and a FF of 70%. Further increasing the annealing temperature to 150℃ led to decreased FF and thereby a relatively lower PCE (7.4%). To the best of our knowledge, the PCE of~8.1% is one of the highest PCE values reported in the literature so far for all polymer solar cells. The high and balanced hole and electron mobility partially contributed to such a high performance. These results suggest that THF as good non-halogenated solvent can be used to fabricate high-performance all polymer solar cells. Higher efficiency can be achieved for OSCs with THF solvent when better polymer acceptors are employed.
- Organic solar cells,
- Polymer acceptor,
- Non-halogenated solvent,
- Power conversion efficiency,
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