氯化铯甲醇溶液对有机聚合物太阳能电池的影响

研究了氯化铯的甲醇溶液作为阴极修饰层,来提高传统有机聚合物太阳能电池器件性能。通过电容-电压(C-V)测试分析了铝电极和PTB7/PC_(70)BM之间的界面电荷积累情况,同时测试了紫外光电子能谱(UPS),对铝的功函数改变作了研究。结果表明,采用氯化铯的甲醇溶液作阴极修饰层的器件,其短路电流(J_(sc))、开路电压(V_(oc))、填充因子(FF)都有所提高,光电转化效率达到6.36%,与仅用甲醇处理过的器件相比,光电转化效率提高了11%;与未经甲醇处理的器件相比,光电转化效率提高了42.6%。这种一步溶液处理法能够减少电荷积累,同时降低铝电极的功函数,利于电子收集,进而提高器件性能。     

Sodium chloride methanol solution spin-coating process for bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells

The sodium chloride methanol solution process is conducted on the conventional poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT)/[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester(PC_(61)BM) polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells. The device exhibits a power conversion efficiency of up to 3.36%, 18% higher than that of the device without the solution process. The measurements of the active layer by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), atomic force microscopy(AFM), and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy(UPS) indicate a slight phase separation in the vertical direction and a sodium chloride distributed island-like interface between the active layer and the cathode. The capacitance–voltage(C–V) and impedance spectroscopy measurements prove that the sodium chloride methanol process can reduce the electron injection barrier and improve the interfacial contact of polymer solar cells. Therefore, this one-step solution process not only optimizes the phase separation in the active layers but also forms a cathode buffer layer, which can enhance the generation, transport, and collection of photogenerated charge carriers in the device simultaneously. This work indicates that the inexpensive and non-toxic sodium chloride methanol solution process is an efficient one-step method for the low cost manufacturing of polymer solar cells.