Mechanism of inverted polymer solar cells based on poly(dopamine)/ZnO as composite cathode buffer layer

Li Qi; Zhang Yong

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Inverted polymer solar cells with P3HT:PCBM as active layer are fabricated based on poly(dopamine)/ZnO (PDA/ZnO) as composite cathode buffer layer. Effects of PDA/ZnO composite cathode buffer layer with the different self-polymerization times on the device performance are investigated. According to the results, the short circuit current and photoelectric conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells first increase then decrease with the increase of the self-polymerization time of PDA. For 10-min PDA self-polymerization, the photovoltaic performance of the device achieves the optimal values:open circuit voltage 0.66 V, short circuit curent density 9.70 mA/cm2, fill factor 68.06%, and power conversion efficiency 4.35% under irratiation of light with a strength of 100 mW/cm2. We conclude that the improvement of device performance is due to the PDA/ZnO composite cathode buffer layer reduced the contact resistance between the ZnO and ITO, at the same time, the presence of a large number of nitrogen groups in PDA is advantageous for the electronic collection of the inverted polymer solar cells. Meanwhile, polymer solar cell with PDA/ZnO as composite cathode buffer layer also exhibits excelent stability. In addition, PDA has a strong adhesive force that makes the ZnO interface layer on its surface not easy to fall off. This provides a new way of fabricating the flexible polymer solar cell devices.

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Li Qi¹,
Zhang Yong^1,2

1.
Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Optoelectronic Materials and Technology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China;
2.
Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Low Carbon and Advanced Energy Materials, Guangzhou 510631, China}

Corresponding author: Zhang Yong, zycq@scnu.edu.cn

Funds: Project supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61377065, 61574064) and the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China (Grant Nos. 2013CB040402009, 2014B090915004, 2015B010132009).

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Mechanism of inverted polymer solar cells based on poly(dopamine)/ZnO as composite cathode buffer layer

Corresponding author: Zhang Yong, zycq@scnu.edu.cn

1. Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Optoelectronic Materials and Technology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China;

2. Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Low Carbon and Advanced Energy Materials, Guangzhou 510631, China}

Received Date: 2017-04-28

Accepted Date: 2017-06-20

Available Online: 2017-10-05

Fund Project: Project supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61377065, 61574064) and the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China (Grant Nos. 2013CB040402009, 2014B090915004, 2015B010132009).

Abstract: Inverted polymer solar cells with P3HT:PCBM as active layer are fabricated based on poly(dopamine)/ZnO (PDA/ZnO) as composite cathode buffer layer. Effects of PDA/ZnO composite cathode buffer layer with the different self-polymerization times on the device performance are investigated. According to the results, the short circuit current and photoelectric conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells first increase then decrease with the increase of the self-polymerization time of PDA. For 10-min PDA self-polymerization, the photovoltaic performance of the device achieves the optimal values:open circuit voltage 0.66 V, short circuit curent density 9.70 mA/cm2, fill factor 68.06%, and power conversion efficiency 4.35% under irratiation of light with a strength of 100 mW/cm2. We conclude that the improvement of device performance is due to the PDA/ZnO composite cathode buffer layer reduced the contact resistance between the ZnO and ITO, at the same time, the presence of a large number of nitrogen groups in PDA is advantageous for the electronic collection of the inverted polymer solar cells. Meanwhile, polymer solar cell with PDA/ZnO as composite cathode buffer layer also exhibits excelent stability. In addition, PDA has a strong adhesive force that makes the ZnO interface layer on its surface not easy to fall off. This provides a new way of fabricating the flexible polymer solar cell devices.

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[1]	Li Z, Wong H C, Huang Z, Zhong H, Tan C H, Tsoi W C, Kim J S, Durrant J R, Cabral J T 2013 Nat. Commun. 4 2227
[2]	He Z C, Xiao B, Liu F, Wu H B, Yang Y L, Xiao S, Wang C, Russell T P, Cao Y 2015 Nat. Photon. 9 174
[3]	Jiang X X, Xu H, Yang L G, Shi M M, Chen H Z 2009 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 93 605
[4]	Lee K, Kim J Y, Park S H, Kim S H, Cho S, Heeger A J 2007 Adv. Mater. 19 2445
[5]	Park S, Tark S J, Lee J S, Lim H, Kim D 2009 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 93 1020
[6]	Luo J, Wu H B, He C, He C, Li A Y, Yang W, Cao Y 2009 Appl. Phys. Lett. 95 043301
[7]	Huang F, Wu H B, Cao Y 2010 Chem. Soc. Rev. 39 2500
[8]	Yip H L, Hau S K, Baek N S, Ma H, Jen A K 2008 Adv. Mater. 20 2376
[9]	Yang T B, Wang M, Duan C H, Hu X W, Huang L, Peng J B, Huang F, Gong X 2012 Energy Environ. Sci. 5 8208
[10]	Kyaw A K K, Wang D H, Gupta V, Zhang J, Chand S, Bazan G C, Heeger A J 2013 Adv. Mater. 25 2397
[11]	Woo S, Kim W H, Kim H, Yi Y, Lyu H K, Kim Y 2014 Adv. Energy Mater. 130 1692
[12]	Lee H, Dellatore S M, Miller W M, Messersmith P B 2007 Science 318 426
[13]	Ye Q, Zhou F, Liu W 2011 Chem. Soci. Rev. 40 4244
[14]	Lee H, Scherer N F, Phillip B M 2006 PANS 103 12999
[15]	Jin Y X, Cheng Y R, Deng D Y, Jiang C J, Qi T K, Yang D L, Xiao F 2014 Appl. Mater. Interf. 6 1447
[16]	Lee H, Lee B P, Messersmith P B 2007 Nature 448 338
[17]	Jiang J H, Zhu L P, Zhu L J, Zhu B K, Xu Y Y 2011 Langmuir 27 14180
[18]	Lu L, Xu T, Chen W, Landry E S, Yu L 2014 Nat. Photon. 8 716
[19]	Cai P, Zhong S, Xu X F, Chen J W, Chen W, Huang F, Ma Y G, Cao Y 2014 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 123 104
[20]	Kuwabara T, Kawahara Y, Yamaguchi T, Takahashi K 2009 ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 10 2107
[21]	Wagner N, Schnurnberger W, Mller B, Lang M 1998 Electrochim. Acta 43 3785
[22]	Zhu G, Xu T, Lv T, Pan L K, Zhao Q F, Sun Z 2011 J. Electroanal. Chem. 650 248

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