高いオープン回路電圧を有する有機光伏装置における電荷再結合
Sebastian Westenhoff1, Ian A Howard, Justin M Hodgkiss
1OE-Group, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK. westenho@chem.gu.se
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|September 19, 2008
まとめ
有機光伏装置では,緊密に結合した電荷ペアが三重刺激子に再結合し,性能を制限します. この研究は,有機太陽電池の効率の重要な要因として,インターフェースの電荷不動性を明らかにしています.
科学分野:
- マテリアルサイエンス 材料科学
- 物理化学 物理化学
- オーガニック・エレクトロニクス
背景:
- オーガニック光伏 (OPV) 装置は,柔軟性と低価格の製造コストにより,シリコンベースの太陽電池に有望な代替品を提供します.
- OPVにおける高開回路電圧 (Voc) は,効率的なエネルギー変換には望ましいが,性能の限界を理解することは極めて重要です.
- 充電再結合経路は,OPVデバイスの全体的な効率に大きな影響を与えます.
研究 の 目的:
- 高いオープン回路電圧を示す有機光伏装置の充電再結合メカニズムを詳細に解明する.
- バイナリブレンドのポリフルオレンコポリマーベースのOPVにおける主要な性能制限プロセスを特定する.
- 次世代の有機光伏材料の設計に洞察を提供し,効率を向上させる.
主な方法:
- 視覚的および赤外線探査機を用いた光学一時吸収 (TA) スペクトロスコピーを利用しました.
- 70年以上にわたる高時間解像度を達成した.
- 時間と空間における極性状態の動きを追跡するために,極化解像度TA光譜を用いた.
主要な成果:
- 性能を制限するプロセスとして,緊密に結合した電荷ペアを中性トリプルエクシトンに効率的に再結合することを特定しました.
- ヘテロジャンクションで光生成された電荷ペアの驚くべき不動性を実証した.
- 75%の電荷ペアが,約40ns以内のシステム間交差を経由してトリプルエクシトンに崩壊することを定量化しました.
- 観測されたトリプルエクシトン形成は,高Vocポリマー太陽電池で熱力学的にアクセス可能である.
結論:
- これらの高Voc OPVにおける支配的な損失メカニズムは,インターフェイスの電荷ペアの再結合によるトリプルエキシトンの形成です.
- システム間交差およびその後のトリプルエクシトン形成は,長距離の電荷分離を受けない電荷ペアにとって重要である.
- 40ns以内の電荷分離を容易にするOPV材料の設計は,デバイスの性能を向上させるために重要です.
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