A pronounced dispersion effect of crystalline silicon nanoparticles on the performance and stability of polymer:fullerene solar cells
| Autor: | Seung Soo Lee, Youngkyoo Kim, Hyena Lee, Hwajeong Kim, Joonhyeon Kim, Sungho Nam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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chemistry.chemical_classification
Silicon Materials science Nanostructure Organic solar cell Polymers Nanoparticle Polymer Thiophenes Polymer solar cell symbols.namesake chemistry Chemical engineering symbols Solar Energy Organic chemistry Nanoparticles General Materials Science Crystalline silicon Fullerenes Caprylates Raman spectroscopy Dispersion (chemistry) |
| Zdroj: | ACS applied materialsinterfaces. 4(10) |
| ISSN: | 1944-8252 |
| Popis: | We investigated the dispersion effect of crystalline silicon nanoparticles (SiNP) on the performance and stability of organic solar cells with the bulk heterojunction (BHJ) films of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6]-phenyl-C(61)-butyric acid methyl ester (PC(61)BM). To improve the dispersion of SiNP in the BHJ films, we attached octanoic acid (OA) to the SiNP surface via esterification reaction and characterized it with Raman spectroscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The OA-attached SiNP (SiNP-OA) showed improved dispersion in chlorobenzene without change of optical absorption, ionization potential and crystal nanostructure of SiNP. The device performance was significantly deteriorated upon high loading of SiNP (10 wt %), whereas relatively good performance was maintained without large degradation in the case of SiNP-OA. Compared to the control device (P3HT:PC(61)BM), the device performance was improved by adding 2 wt % SiNP-OA, but it was degraded by adding 2 wt % SiNP. In particular, the device stability (lifetime under short time exposure to 1 sun condition) was improved by adding 2 wt % SiNP-OA even though it became significantly decreased by adding 2 wt % SiNP. This result suggests that the dispersion of nanoparticles greatly affects the device performance and stability (lifetime). |
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