全ポリマー太陽電池の性能は,ドナーおよび受容ポリマーの両方の系統的な分子重量調整によって最適化されます
Nanjia Zhou, Alexander S Dudnik, Ting I N G Li
1Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory , 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|January 1, 2016
まとめ
全ポリマー太陽電池 (APSC) のドナーおよび受容ポリマーの分子量を最適化することは,性能にとって極めて重要です. 中間分子量ではなく,形質と電荷輸送のバランスをとることで,最高のパワー変換効率 (PCE) を得ます.
科学分野:
- 材料科学
- ポリマー化学
- 再生可能エネルギー
背景:
- オールポリマー太陽電池 (APSC) は,柔軟で低コストの太陽電池アプリケーションの可能性を秘めています.
- 光活性層の形態はAPSCの性能に大きく影響する.
- 分子重量などのポリマーの性質を制御することは,形状学を最適化するための鍵です.
研究 の 目的:
- 数値平均分子量 (Mn) が混合膜形態とAPSCの光伏性能に及ぼす影響を調査する.
- ドナー (PTPD3T) と受容体 (N2200) のポリマーの異なるMnが,相分離と装置特性にどのように影響するかを理解する.
- APSCの電力変換効率 (PCE) を最大化するための最適なMn範囲を特定する.
主な方法:
- 調節可能な数値平均分子量 (Mn) の結合ポリマー (PTPD3TとN2200) の合成
- 体系的に変化するMnを含むポリマー混合物を用いたAPSC装置の製造.
- 実験技術と粗粒度モデリングを用いたブレンドフィルム形態の特徴化.
- ショート回路電流密度 (Jsc),充填率 (FF),PCEを含む光伏性能の評価
主要な成果:
- ドナーおよび受容体ポリマーの両方のMnを増加させることで,ドメインのサイズが減り,接面領域が増加し,Jscが増加しました.
- より高いMnは乱れと電荷载体再結合を増加させ,FFを減少させた.
- 中間Mnsを持つ最適化された光活性層は,非最適デバイスと比較してPCEの2倍増幅を達成しました.
- 二次元のMn最適化戦略は,両方のポリマーの中間MnsのPCE"スイートスポット"を特定した.
結論:
- APSCの性能を最適化するために,ドナーおよび受容体ポリマーMnの両方の正確なチューニングは不可欠です.
- 最適なAPSC性能は,最も高いMnが最も良いことを示唆する発見とは対照的に,中間Mnsで達成されます.
- この研究は,Mnを制御するための合成経路を提供し,APSCの開発におけるその重要性を強調しています.
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