Published October 2013
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Journal article
The Effect of Using 1-Dodecanethiol as a Processing Additive on the Performances of Polymer Solar Cells
- 1. Hebei Key Laboratory of Optic-Electronic Information Materials, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding 071002 (China)
Description
We introduce 1-Dodecanethiol (DT) to poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT)/[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester based polymer solar cells as a processing additive. When the amount of DT is 1vol%, the device performance is best. A final power conversion efficiency of 3.1% is achieved, which is an improvement of more than 40% compared to the reference solar cell without DT. To investigate the causes of improvement of the PCE, UV-vis spectroscopy, external quantum efficiency (EQE) is measured and an AFM is used. The enhanced photovoltaic performances are discussed in terms of optical properties and the film morphology
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/30/10/108401Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Chinese Physics Letters
- Journal Volume
- 30
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Journal Page Range
- [4 p.]
- ISSN
- 0256-307X
- CODEN
- CPLEEU
INIS
- Country of Publication
- China
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 45003234
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ADDITIVES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BUTYRIC ACID; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; ESTERS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECT; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA; VISIBLE SPECTRA
- Descriptors DEC
- CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONVERSION; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; MICROSCOPY; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS; PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SPECTRA; SPECTROSCOPY