Embedding a Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Cross-linking Interfacial Layer Enhances the Performance of Organic Photovoltaics

Autor: Chung-Lin Chung, Chih-Ping Chen, Ya-Juan Peng, Ying-Chieh Chao, Ru-Jong Jeng, Hsiang-Lin Hsu, Yu-Hua Liao
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: ACS applied materialsinterfaces. 10(10)
ISSN: 1944-8252
Popis: In this study, we prepared DPPBTDA, a diketopyrrolopyrrole-based small molecule presenting a terminal cross-linkable azido group, as a cathode modifying layer for organic photovoltaics (OPVs) having the inverted device structure glass/indium tin oxide/zinc oxide (ZnO) with or without the interfacial layer (IFL)/active layer/MoO3/Ag. The active layer comprising a blend of poly[4,8-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)thien-2-yl)benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b′]dithiophene-2,6-diyl-alt-(4-(2-ethylhexyl)-3-fluorothieno[3,4-b]thiophene)-2-carboxylate-2,6-diyl] (PTB7-Th) as the electron donor and [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) as the electron acceptor. Atomic force microscopy, space-charge-limited current mobility, surface energy, electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis depth profile, ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, and OPV performance data revealed that the surface status of ZnO changed after inserting the DPPBTDA/PCBM hybrid IFL and induced an optimized blend morphology, having a preferred gradien...
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