Organic photovoltaic cells based on conjugated polymer/fullerene composites

We fabricated organic photovoltaic cells using poly[2-methoxy,5-(2^′-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene] (MEH-PPV) and fullerene derivative, [6,6]-phenylen C₆₁-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), composites with various concentrations of the PCBM. The devices exhibit photoluminescence quenching and enhancement in photovoltaic response with increasing PCBM concentrations, both of which are associated with the photoinduced charge transfer characteristics of these materials. We also investigate the PCBM concentration dependence on the device performance near the percolation threshold for fullerene derivative charge transport channel, and discuss the role of fullerene interpenetrating networks in these organic photovoltaic cells.     

基于MEH-PPV/ZnSe纳米复合器件的电致发光特性的研究

以巯基乙酸作为稳定剂在水相中制备了ZnSe纳米晶,用X射线粉末衍射(XRD)和X射线光电子能谱(XPS)对其进行了表征。用表面活性剂将ZnSe纳米晶从水相中转移到有机相中,使其与聚合物MEH-PPV复合作为发光层,制备了多层电致发光器件Glass/ITO/MEH-PPV∶ZnSe/BCP/Alq₃。对ZnSe纳米晶和MEH-PPV薄膜的光致发光谱及其吸收光谱的比较表明ZnSe纳米晶和MEH-PPV之间存在着能量传递,这是导致纳米复合薄膜的光致发光光谱和电致发光光谱存在差异的原因之一。文章对其在光激发和载流子注入条件下的不同发光机制进行了讨论。通过对器件的光电特性进行研究,发现ZnSe纳米晶发光的比例随着外加电压的增加而增加,而且器件的I-V特性基本上符合二极管的特性。     

掺杂CuPc的MEH-PPV/PCBM有机太阳电池研究

采用旋涂法制备了掺杂铜酞菁(CuPc)的聚(2-甲氧基,5-(2-乙基-乙氧基)-对苯乙炔)(MEH-PPV)/ 富勒烯衍生物(PCBM)有机太阳电池. 测试结果表明:掺杂15% CuPc的MEH-PPV/PCBM太阳电池效率(1.41%)比标准的MEH-PPV/PCBM太阳电池(1.26%)提高12%. 器件的吸收谱和迁移率测试表明CuPc导致的吸收谱增强和迁移率提高是器件效率提高的主要原因. 关键词： 有机太阳电池 CuPc掺杂 MEH-PPV/PCBM器件     

Raman spectroscopic identification of fullerene inclusions in polymer/fullerene blends

Thin films of the conjugated polymer poly(3‐hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and blends of the soluble fullerene derivative[6,6]‐phenyl C₆₁‐butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) with P3HT—a well studied but not completely understood donor–acceptor system for organic solar cells—have been studied by means of UV–visible absorption and resonant Raman spectroscopy. Additionally, we have employed atomic force microscopy phase imaging to characterize the nanomorphology of the P3HT : PCBM thin film, revealing a close intermixing of two phases with domain sizes ranging from a few to several tens of nanometers. A systematic analysis of pristine polymer and blend Raman spectra provides evidence that features attributable to PCBM, possibly even depending on the charge state of the fullerene molecule, can be observed. Hence our results suggest that fullerene inclusions in polymer/fullerene blends can be identified via Raman spectroscopy. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

ZnSe(ZnS)纳米晶与MEH-PPV的共掺有机电致发光器件

采用水相法合成核壳结构ZnSe/ZnS 纳米晶,经X射线衍射(XRD)分析和透射电子显微镜(TEM)表征,证实所制备的样品为立方晶型闪锌矿结构ZnSe/ZnS量子点。按照一定的质量比将ZnSe/ZnS 纳米晶和有机聚合物MEH-PPV(poly ) 共掺并将其作为发光层,分别制备单层和多层有机电致发光器件,结构为ITO/MEH-PPV∶ZnSe(ZnS)(50 nm)/Al和 ITO/PEDOT∶PSS(70 nm)/ MEH-PPV∶ZnSe(ZnS)(50 nm)/BCP(15 nm)/Alq₃(12 nm) /LiF(0.5 nm)/Al。实验结果表明,多层发光器件的发光特性与单层器件不同,工作电压的增大使其发光峰发生了明显的蓝移。     

MEH-PPV/CdSe纳米复合器件的光电导特性的研究

以CdO和Se粉作为前驱物,在TOPO/TOP有机体系中制备了CdSe纳米晶,将其与聚合物MEH-PPV复合制备了复合光电导器件,研究了它的光电导特性,并将其与单层MEH-PPV光电导器件的特性进行了比较。结果发现纳米复合光电导器件的光电流响应光谱的2个峰的位置基本上与MEH-PPV和CdSe纳米晶的吸收峰的位置相对应,这说明CdSe纳米晶和聚合物MEH-PPV的吸收对光电流都有贡献,主要是由于CdSe纳米晶和MEH-PPV界面处的激子离化和电荷转移造成的。而且复合器件的光电流较单层有所增强,且MEH-PPV器件光谱的响应范围更宽。     

新型高效聚合物/富勒烯有机光伏电池研究进展

有机聚合物/富勒烯本体异质结光伏电池以其不断提高的能量转换效率受到了研究人员的广泛关注, 近年来成为光伏电池研究领域的热点之一. 本文主要通过对聚合物/富勒烯太阳能电池的内部机理,包括光吸收、激子扩散和解离以及自由载流子输运和提取等关键科学问题, 从器件材料和结构优化、形貌控制和界面修饰等不同侧面介绍了提高聚合物/富勒烯太阳能电池性能的方法, 讨论了各种器件的结构和能量转换效率, 对于进一步开展这方面的研究工作指明了方向, 最后对其未来的发展前景做出了展望.     

Quasi-persistent photocurrent in the UV-irradiated MEH-PPV conjugated polymer

We report the quasi-persistent photocurrent in the MEH-PPV conjugated polymer, induced by UV-irradiation in air. It is attributed to the irradiation-induced defects, which also act to accelerate its decay.     

Femtosecond laser micromachining in the conjugated polymer MEH-PPV

Femtosecond-laser micromachining of poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethylhexyloxy)-p-phenylene vinylene] films is investigated using 130 fs pulses at 800 nm from a laser oscillator operating at 76 MHz repetition rate. We investigate the effect of pulse energy and translation speed on the depth and morphology of the micromachined regions. We quantified the MEH-PPV photobleaching induced by the fs-laser, and the conditions in which the emission of MEH-PPV is preserved after the micromaching.     

Charge transport through a single particle located in between nanogap electrodes

We have bridged a pair of gold electrodes with a single nanoparticle stabilized with citrate. The device exhibited a pronounced linear current-voltage characteristic that is attributed to charge transport in a one-dimensional path. Switching of the current at a fixed bias voltage was observed. We conclude that the latter results from conformational changes in the citrate molecules induced by charge transfer to the molecules.     

共轭聚合物中链内无序效应对极化子输运的影响

基于扩展的Su-Schrieffer-Heeger紧束缚模型, 利用非绝热动力学方法研究了链内无序效应对共轭聚合物中极化子输运机制的影响. 研究发现, 极化子的输运由外加电场和链内无序效应共同作用的结果所决定. 在一般情况下, 链内无序效应不利于极化子的输运, 但随着电场强度的增大, 无序对极化子输运的影响减小. 关键词： 共轭聚合物 极化子输运 链内无序     

共轭高分子链中电荷迁移的热效应

从理论上研究了共轭高聚物链中在电场作用下极化子运动的热效应.基于SSH模型以及通过绝热动力学演化的方法,模拟了共轭高聚物链中极化子在电场作用下从链左端向右端运动的过程.晶格受到的热扰动作用假设为通过局域的晶格范围内原子位移的随机涨落来实现.结果发现,晶格中的局域热涨落对于运动中的极化子而言等效于一个势垒.势垒高度由高分子中受到热扰动的区域的范围大小以及该区域与其周围环境的温差来决定.当分子中存在热吸收不均匀的现象时,链内极化子迁移率在低电场范围内随电场的变化遵循对数曲线变化规律.     

The dependence of the ideality factor on the charge density of a conjugated polymer (MEH-PPV) doped with some laser dyes

Blends made of poly[2-methyl-5-(2-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene] (MEH-PPV) conducting polymer and cresyl violet 670 (CV) and coumarin 460 (C₄₆₀) have been utilized for preparation of organic Schottky diodes. The I–V characteristics of these diodes are then determined and interpreted in terms of thermoionic emission (TIE) conduction process. Upon blending MEH-PPV with CV and C₄₆₀ dyes, the conduction is seen to completely be through TIE conduction. The turn on voltage for MEH-PPV diode is found to be 2.0 V and decreases with CV blending in contrast to the blend of MEH-PPV-C₄₆₀. The Schottky parameters are determined where the potential barrier is found to be around 0.75 V which is consistent with reported values. The charge densities of the respective blends are calculated and found to reduce by in MEH-PPV-C₄₆₀ blends while it has been enhanced in the CV samples by an order of magnitude compared that of MEH-PPV. The correlation between the ideality factor with the dielectric constant and the charge density is inspected. It is found that the ratio between the charge density of the polymeric blend and the charge density of the Al-electrode is crucial for obtaining low ideality factor.     

Spin-dependent recombination of the charge-transfer state in photovoltaic polymer/fullerene blends

ABSTRACT

Q-band electron spin echo (ESE) spectroscopy was applied for studying the spin-dependent recombination of charge transfer (CT) states in the benchmark organic photovoltaics (OPV) blend of poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) and [6,6]-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT/PC₆₀BM). Selective microwave excitation and a special protocol for ESE data treatment allowed to suppress the ESE signal of thermalised polarons and weakly coupled CT states and to address CT states with a relatively short distance between positive and negative polarons (1.5 nm < r?<?2.5 nm). Inversion of the in-phase ESE signal with increase of the delay after laser flash was observed for the regioregular P3HT^?+/PC₆₀BM^?? CT state at a temperature of 40 K. This effect is very similar to the inversion of the time resolved (TR) EPR spectrum of the same system obtained previously. Both effects can be explained by spin-dependent recombination of the CT state, with the recombination via the triplet channel proceeding much slower than via the singlet channel. For the regiorandom P3HT^?+/PC₆₀BM^?? CT state no ESE sign inversion was observed in an analogous experiment. The result suggests the importance of CT state formation via a triplet exciton, a process which was not considered previously for the P3HT/PC₆₀BM blend.     

Electronic transport in LCMO/BTO composites

A series of (1 ? x)La_0.67Ca_0.33MnO₃/(x)BaTiO₃ composites has been synthesized by the solid state route. Microstructural and transport studies on these samples show a complete immiscibility between metallic ferromagnet, La_0.67Ca_0.33MnO₃ (LCMO) and insulating ferroelectric, BaTiO₃ (BTO). Temperature dependent electrical transport studies show evidence of both intrinsic and extrinsic colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) effects. Inclusion of BTO in LCMO phase results in high resistive samples with a metal-insulator transition at temperature T_{p 1} originating from intrinsic effect and another dominant metal-insulator transition at temperature T_{p 2} caused because of extrinsic effect. T_{p 2} decreases up to a certain percentage of BTO content above which this trend of variation is reversed.     

Orientation effect on the electronic transport properties of C24 fullerene molecule

The transport properties of the cage-like molecule depend on its orientation between the electrodes, but the investigation on the mechanism has not been found. Using first-principle density-functional theory (DFT) and non-equilibrium Green’s function (NEGF) formalism for quantum transport calculation, we study the electronic transport properties of C₂₄ fullerene molecule with different orientations in Au–C₂₄–Au two-probe system. The effects of k-point sampling on the Brillouin zone are explored. Our results show that the negative differential resistance of C₂₄ molecule is found in such a system and can be tuned by the molecule's orientation in the two-probe system. We also proposed a mechanism for it. The I–V characteristic under bias voltage is determined. The present findings could be helpful for the application of the C₂₄ molecule in the field of single molecular devices or nanometer electronics.     

Defect influence on charge transport in chalcogenide glasses

Abstract

Conductivity of chalcogenide glasses was measured as a function of temperature (290–340 K) and frequency (10^?4–10^?1 Hz). Frequency dependence of conductivity can be approximated by a power law G～ω^s (S < 1). The relaxation maximum of dielectric losses was found. The dielectric constant ? decreases with frequency rise. The obtained results are discussed in terms of the defect structure model.     

含乙酰胺基链苯并菲盘状液晶分子的电荷传输性质与热力学性质

在密度泛函理论B3LYP／6－31G**理论水平上,计算含乙酰胺基链苯并菲衍生物分子的电荷传输性质和热力学性质.研究结果显示,该分子的空穴传输性能明显好于电子传输性能.在298.15 K时,该分子的标准摩尔生成焓和生成自由能分别为－2338.79 kJ／mol和－1756.27 kJ／mol。     

锰掺杂近化学计量比铌酸锂晶体的电荷输运过程

用泵浦(350 nm)-探测(780 nm)法研究了轻度锰掺杂近化学计量比铌酸锂晶体的光致吸收的特征,结果表明光致吸收的暗衰减过程以扩展指数的形式衰减,并测量了饱和光致吸收、衰减时间常量和扩展因子对泵浦光光强的依赖关系.在z轴方向上加直流电场测量了紫外光照射下光伏打电流强度和光电导,发现它们与光强之间成超线性关系.实验结果可以用考虑本征缺陷能级和掺杂能级之间激发和复合的修正的双中心电荷输运模型进行定量的解释.     

Charge transport in a polypeptide chain

Charge transport is one important example of signal transduction in a protein which is responsible for action at a distance, and is a fundamental process in biochemical action. A model is presented in which electronic effects interact with motional processes to combine into a bifunctional model. This model is investigated with new detailed molecular dynamics calculations and successfully explains such action at a distance. Received 1st February 2002 / Received in final form 26 May 2002 Published online 13 September 2002