効率的な三元混合の大量ヘテロジュンクション太陽電池は,調節可能なオープン回路電圧を持つ
Petr P Khlyabich1, Beate Burkhart, Barry C Thompson
1Department of Chemistry and Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1661, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|August 23, 2011
まとめ
オーガニックソーラーセルは,パフォーマンスを向上させる新しい経路を提供します. フラーレン受容体の比率を調整することで,研究者は電流や充填因子を犠牲にすることなく,調整可能なオープン回路電圧を達成し,潜在的にバイナリブレンドの限界を超えました.
科学分野:
- マテリアルサイエンス 材料科学
- オーガニック・エレクトロニクス
- フォトボルトイカは,太陽光発電
背景:
- 大量ヘテロジャンクション (BHJ) 有機太陽電池は,有望な再生可能エネルギー技術です.
- BHJの性能を高めるために,第三の成分を組み込んだ二次混合物が検討されています.
- 複数の受容体の相互作用を理解することは,デバイスの効率を最適化するために不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- 有機太陽電池の性能を改善するために,三重混合BHJ光伏の潜在能力を調査する.
- 提供体としてポリ−−ヘキシルチオフェン (P3HT) と2つのフルレン受容体 (PC61BMとICBA) を用いたモデルシステムを試験する.
主な方法:
- 固定P3HT:フルレン比 (1:1) を有するBHJ太陽電池の製造.
- フルレンの成分組成の体系的な変化 (PC61BM:ICBA比).
- ショート回路電流密度 (Jsc),充填因数 (FF),オープン回路電圧 (Voc) を含む,光伏装置の性能の特徴.
主要な成果:
- 器具はすべてのフルレン比で高いJscとFF (>0.57) を示した.
- Vocは,ICBA分子を調整することで,0.61Vから0.84Vまで調節可能でした.
- 三元混合のVocは,二元混合の最低のVocによって制限されず,JscとFFから独立して変動することができます.
結論:
- テルナリーブレンドは,BHJの太陽電池におけるJscVoc製品を最大化するための効果的な戦略です.
- このアプローチは,バイナリブレンドの理論的限界を潜在的に超える効率を可能にします.
- 三重システムにおけるドナーと受容器のコンポーネントを慎重に選択することは,高性能,単一活性層デバイスの鍵です.
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