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Toward Improved Lifetimes of Organic Solar Cells under Thermal Stress: Substrate-Dependent Morphological Stability of PCDTBT:PCBM Films and Devices

Li, Zhe ; Ho Chiu, Kar ; Shahid Ashraf, Raja ; Fearn, Sarah ; Dattani, Rajeev ; Cheng Wong, Him ; Tan, Ching-Hong ; Wu, Jiaying ; Cabral, João T ; Durrant, James R

Scientific reports, 2015-10, Vol.5 (1), p.15149-15149, Article 15149 [Periódico revisado por pares]

England: Nature Publishing Group

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    Toward Improved Lifetimes of Organic Solar Cells under Thermal Stress: Substrate-Dependent Morphological Stability of PCDTBT:PCBM Films and Devices
  • Autor: Li, Zhe ; Ho Chiu, Kar ; Shahid Ashraf, Raja ; Fearn, Sarah ; Dattani, Rajeev ; Cheng Wong, Him ; Tan, Ching-Hong ; Wu, Jiaying ; Cabral, João T ; Durrant, James R
  • Assuntos: Fullerenes ; Interfaces ; Morphology ; Nucleation ; Photovoltaic cells ; Thermal stability
  • É parte de: Scientific reports, 2015-10, Vol.5 (1), p.15149-15149, Article 15149
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    Present address: ESRF, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, France.
    These authors contributed equally to this work.
  • Descrição: Morphological stability is a key requirement for outdoor operation of organic solar cells. We demonstrate that morphological stability and lifetime of polymer/fullerene based solar cells under thermal stress depend strongly on the substrate interface on which the active layer is deposited. In particular, we find that the stability of benchmark PCDTBT/PCBM solar cells under modest thermal stress is substantially increased in inverted solar cells employing a ZnO substrate compared to conventional devices employing a PSS substrate. This improved stability is observed to correlate with PCBM nucleation at the 50 nm scale, which is shown to be strongly influenced by different substrate interfaces. Employing this approach, we demonstrate remarkable thermal stability for inverted PCDTBT:PC70BM devices on ZnO substrates, with negligible (<2%) loss of power conversion efficiency over 160 h under 85 °C thermal stress and minimal thermally induced "burn-in" effect. We thus conclude that inverted organic solar cells, in addition to showing improved environmental stability against ambient humidity exposure as widely reported previously, can also demonstrate enhanced morphological stability. As such we show that the choice of suitable substrate interfaces may be a key factor in achieving prolonged lifetimes for organic solar cells under thermal stress conditions.
  • Editor: England: Nature Publishing Group
  • Idioma: Inglês
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