Low temperature, solution-processed alumina for organic solar cells

In this work, we have reported for the first time a facile route for developing solution-processed Al2O3 film at a greatly reduced processing temperature and studied its applications in producing inverted polymer solar cells (PSCs). These PSCs using Al2O3 thin film as the electron-extraction layer demonstrated improved diode characteristics and achieved a 20% higher power conversion efficiency than devices using the conventional ZnO buffer layer. Furthermore, the low temperature processing of the Al2O3 film makes it compatible with fabrication of flexible organic electronic devices based on plastic substrates.