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An alcohol-dispersed conducting polymer complex for fully printable organic solar cells with improved stability

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  • Youyu Jiang

    (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

  • Xinyun Dong

    (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

  • Lulu Sun

    (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

  • Tiefeng Liu

    (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

  • Fei Qin

    (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

  • Cong Xie

    (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

  • Pei Jiang

    (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

  • Lu Hu

    (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

  • Xin Lu

    (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

  • Xianmin Zhou

    (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

  • Wei Meng

    (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

  • Ning Li

    (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
    Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ))

  • Christoph J. Brabec

    (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
    Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ))

  • Yinhua Zhou

    (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

Abstract

Efficient and stable organic solar cells via full coating are highly desirable. Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) is a classic conducting polymer complex and widely used for hole collection in fully printable devices. However, PEDOT:PSS is typically dispersed in water and exhibits strong acidity that deteriorates device efficiency and stability. Here we report an alcohol-dispersed formulation (denoted as PEDOT:F) by adopting perfluorinated sulfonic acid ionomers as counterions. The ionomers have a special advantage of having two solubility parameters and can be dispersed in water or alcohols, which enables us to prepare PEDOT:F formulations dispersed in alcohols. The alcohol-dispersed formulation has good wetting properties and low acidity, which avoids the drawbacks of aqueous PEDOT:PSS. Fully printable organic photovoltaics (from bottom electrode to top electrode) based on PEDOT:F were obtained with a power conversion efficiency of 15% and could retain 83% of the initial efficiency under continuous illumination at maximum power point tracking for 1,330 h.

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  • Youyu Jiang & Xinyun Dong & Lulu Sun & Tiefeng Liu & Fei Qin & Cong Xie & Pei Jiang & Lu Hu & Xin Lu & Xianmin Zhou & Wei Meng & Ning Li & Christoph J. Brabec & Yinhua Zhou, 2022. "An alcohol-dispersed conducting polymer complex for fully printable organic solar cells with improved stability," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 7(4), pages 352-359, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:7:y:2022:i:4:d:10.1038_s41560-022-00997-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41560-022-00997-9
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    1. Yanxun Li & Bo Huang & Xuning Zhang & Jianwei Ding & Yingyu Zhang & Linge Xiao & Boxin Wang & Qian Cheng & Gaosheng Huang & Hong Zhang & Yingguo Yang & Xiaoying Qi & Qiang Zheng & Yuan Zhang & Xiaohui, 2023. "Lifetime over 10000 hours for organic solar cells with Ir/IrOx electron-transporting layer," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.

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