Fullerene-free polymer solar cells with highly reduced bimolecular recombination and field-independent charge carrier generation
- Photogeneration, recombination, and transport of free charge carriers in all-polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells incorporating poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) as donor and poly([N,N'-bis(2-octyldodecyl)-naphthelene-1,4,5,8-bis(dicarboximide)-2,6-diyl]-alt-5,5'-(2,2'-bithiophene)) (P(NDI2OD-T2)) as acceptor polymer have been investigated by the use of time delayed collection field (TDCF) and time-of-flight (TOF) measurements. Depending on the preparation procedure used to dry the active layers, these solar cells comprise high fill factors (FFs) of up to 67%. A strongly reduced bimolecular recombination (BMR), as well as a field-independent free charge carrier generation are observed, features that are common to high performance fullerene-based solar cells. Resonant soft X-ray measurements (R-SoXS) and photoluminescence quenching experiments (PQE) reveal that the BMR is related to domain purity. Our results elucidate the similarities of this polymeric acceptor with the superior recombination properties of fullerene acceptors.
Author details: | Steffen RolandORCiDGND, Marcel SchubertORCiD, Brian A. Collins, Jona KurpiersORCiDGND, Zhihua Chen, Antonio Facchetti, Harald W. Ade, Dieter NeherORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1021/jz501506z |
ISSN: | 1948-7185 |
Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26278084 |
Title of parent work (English): | The journal of physical chemistry letters |
Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
Place of publishing: | Washington |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2014 |
Publication year: | 2014 |
Release date: | 2017/03/27 |
Volume: | 5 |
Issue: | 16 |
Number of pages: | 8 |
First page: | 2815 |
Last Page: | 2822 |
Funding institution: | Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) [FKZ 031 S2151D]; German Science Foundation (DFG) [SPP 1355]; U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Science, Division of Materials Science and Engineering [DE-FG02-98ER45737]; U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH1123] |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
Peer review: | Referiert |