Non-conjugated natural alginate as electron-transport layer for high performance polymer solar cells after modificationShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Journal of Power Sources, ISSN 0378-7753, E-ISSN 1873-2755, Vol. 510, article id 230408Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The search for the alternatives to expensive synthesized conjugated polymers as interfaces in polymer solar cells (PSCs), which could largely decrease the cost and promote the commercialization process of PSCs, is now highly relevant. To introduce natural polymer as the interface layer for the high-efficiency PSCs would be a potential choice. In this study, a purely natural polysaccharide from ocean without any conjugated structure, sodium alginate (SA), is utilized as efficient electron transport layer (ETL) to replace the conjugated star molecule, poly [(9,9-bis(3-(N,NdiMethyl)-NethylaMMoiniuM-propyl)-2,7-fluorene)-alt-2,7-(9,9-dioctylfluorene)]dibroMide (PFN-Br), and modify the aluminum (Al) electrode in conventional PSCs. The reduction of the work function of Al is successfully achieved by SA forming a dipole and keeping the ohmic contact at the interface. Meantime, the ideal charge transfer and exciton dissociation are realized, along with decreasing charge recombination, resulting in a comparable power conversion efficiency (PCE) with devices of PFN-Br as ETL. For poly([2,6-4,8-di(5-ethylhexylthienyebenzo[1,2-b; 3,3-b]dithiophene]3-fluoro-2[(2-ethylhexyl)carbonyl]thieno[3,4-b]thiophenediyl):[6,6]-phenyl-C-71-butyric acid methyl ester (PTB7-Th:PC71BM) system, PCE is increased to 9.5% and for Poly [(2,6-(4,8-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl-3-fluoro)thiophen-2-yl)-benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b]dithio-phene))-alt-(5,5-(1,3-di-2-thienyl-5,7-bis(2-ethylhexyl)benzo[1,2-c:4,5-c]dithio-phene-4,8-dione)]:3,9-bis(2methylene-((3-(1,1-dicyanomethylene)-6,7-difluoro)-indanone))-5,5,11,11-tetrakis(4-hexylphenyl)-dithieno[2,3-d:2,3-d]-s-inda-ceno[1,2-b:5,6-b] dithiophene (PM6:IT-4F) system, PCE 13.4%, respectively, which illustrates a promising future for photovoltaic research of natural alginate non-conjugated polyelectrolyte in conventional PSCs.
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ELSEVIER , 2021. Vol. 510, article id 230408
Keywords [en]
Sodium alginate; Surfactant; Electron-transport interlayer; Polymer solar cells
National Category
Materials Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-179425DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230408ISI: 000694709800005OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-179425DiVA, id: diva2:1596636
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Funding Agencies|State Key Projects of International Cooperation Research [2017YFE0108300, 2016YFE0110800]; National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [51473082]; National High-End Foreign Expert of China; Double Hundred Foreign Expert Project of Shandong Province (2018-2021); Program for Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities ("111" plan); 1st class discipline program of Materials Science of Shandong Province; Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation through a Wallenberg Scholar grant; China Scholarship CouncilChina Scholarship Council
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