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Sujung Park1, Myung Joo Cha2, Jung Hwa Seo2
1Department of Physics and EHSRC , University of Ulsan , Ulsan 44610 , Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
The introduction of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) as a standard hole transport layer greatly increased the efficiency of early organic solar cells. However, because PEDOT:PSS has a metallic property, it can still form a barrier by means of metal-semiconductor contact at its interface with the photoactive layer. In this study, we modified the PEDOT:PSS surface with hydroquinone (HQ) to remove that barrier. HQ treatment of the PEDOT:PSS surface lowered the hole transport barrier at the interface between the PEDOT:PSS and the active layer. In addition, because of the secondary doping effect of HQ, the sheet resistance of the PEDOT:PSS surface decreased by almost 2 orders of magnitude. As a result, the device fabricated with the HQ-modified PEDOT:PSS showed a 28% increase in efficiency compared to the device without HQ treatment. Modifying the PEDOT:PSS surface with HQ solution is an easy way to effectively boost the performance of polymer solar cells.
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