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Morphology Control for Fully Printable Organic–Inorganic Bulk-heterojunction Solar Cells Based on a Ti-alkoxide and Semiconducting Polymer
Published on: January 10, 2017
Enhanced Photodynamic of Carriers and Suppressed Charge Recombination Enable Approaching 18% Efficiency in
You-Dan Zhang1, Xunchang Wang2, Xian Fei3
1National Green Coating Equipment and Technology Research Centre, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Regulation of the exciton generation, diffusion, and carrier transport, as well as optimization of the non-radiative energy loss could further overcome the power conversion efficiency limitation of organic solar cells. However, the relationship between exciton properties and non-radiative energy loss has seldom been investigated. Herein, taking D18-series devices as the research model, the exciton diffusion length (LD) and hole transfer dynamics can be remarkably improved by the variation of electron-withdrawing halogen and the non-radiative energy loss simultaneously can be suppressed. By combining the analysis results of hole transfer, exciton diffusion, charge separation, and recombination, this work demonstrates that the photo-induced exciton in the chlorinated polymer donor can diffuse to a longer distance within the effective exciton lifetime, suppress the exciton recombination, and enhance device performance. The results define the relationship between the exciton behaviors and non-radiative energy loss and further reveal the significance of controlling the bulk heterojunction with superior photo-physical properties.
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