In Situ Doping of the PEDOT Top Electrode for All-Solution-Processed Semitransparent Organic Solar CellsShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, ISSN 1944-8244, E-ISSN 1944-8252, Vol. 15, no 40, p. 47317-47326Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The development of an ideal solution-processable transparent electrode has been a challenge in the field of all-solution-processed semitransparent organic solar cells (ST-OSCs). We present a novel poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrenesulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) top electrode for all-solution-processed ST-OSCs through in situ doping of PEDOT:PSS. A strongly polarized long perfluoroalkyl (n = 8) chain-anchored sulfonic acid effectively eliminates insulating PSS and spontaneously crystallizes PEDOT at room temperature, leading to outstanding electrical properties and transparency of PEDOT top electrodes. Doped PEDOT-based ST-OSCs yield a high power conversion efficiency of 10.9% while providing an average visible transmittance of 26.0% in the visible range. Moreover, the strong infrared reflectivity of PEDOT enables ST-OSCs to reject 62.6% of the heat emitted by sunlight (76.7% from infrared radiation), outperforming the thermal insulation capability of commercial tint films. This light management approach using PEDOT enables ST-OSCs to simultaneously provide energy generation and energy savings, making it the first discovery toward sustainable energy in buildings.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
AMER CHEMICAL SOC , 2023. Vol. 15, no 40, p. 47317-47326
Keywords [en]
organic solar cells; semitransparent solar cells; all-solution-processed solar cells; solution-processableelectrode; PEDOT
National Category
Materials Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-198670DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c09984ISI: 001074615200001PubMedID: 37756705OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-198670DiVA, id: diva2:1806636
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Funding Agencies|Technology Development Program to Solve Climate Changes of the National Research Foundation (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning [NRF-2020M1A2A2080748]; National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean government (MSIT [2020R1A2C3003653, 2019R1C1C1007680]; Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture and Forestry (IPET) through the Creative and Challenging Convergence Model Development Program - Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) [RS-202300229044]; GIST Research Institute (GRI) - GIST
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