Innovative Incorporation of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) as Hole Carrier Transport Layer and as Anode for Organic Solar Cells Performance Improvement
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Films Deposition and Characterization
3.2. Electrical Characterization
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Film | Optical Gap | Optical Gap |
---|---|---|
(Direct Transitions) | (Indirect Transitions) | |
eV | eV | |
carbene 1 film onto ITO | 2.93 | 2.49 |
carbene 1 film onto PEDOT:PSS | 2.28 | 2.52 |
carbene 2 film onto ITO | 2.75 | 2.33 |
carbene 2 film onto PEDOT:PSS | 2.10 | 2.06 |
Component | Function | Device |
---|---|---|
glass | Substrate | All |
ITO | anode | IC1, IC2, IPC1, IPC2 |
PEDOT:PSS | anode | PC1, PC2 |
PEDOT:PSS | HTL | IPC1, IPC2 |
carbene 1 and 2 | Active layer | All |
Ag | cathode | All |
Is (A) | Vth (V) | Io (A) | RR (1 V) | RR (10 V) | RR (15 V) | n | Slope Ohm Region | Slope T-CLC Region | Slope SCLC Region | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PC1 | 6.13 × 10−10 | 1.33 | 4.35 × 10−13 | 7.63 | 60.13 | 133.03 | 1.35 | 1.50 | 3.66 | 2.22 |
PC2 | 6.39 × 10−10 | 2.02 | 9.68 × 10−13 | 2.77 | 104.39 | 12.24 | 1.83 | 1.89 | 5.42 | 1.14 |
IPC1 | ------- | 0.27 | 2.46 × 10−5 | 0.16 | ----- | ----- | 1.27 | 1.00 | ----- | 0.77 |
IPC2 | 1.95 × 10−10 | 0.70 | 3.19 × 10−6 | 1.42 × 107 | 7.95 × 106 | ----- | 1.13 | 1.02 | ----- | 1.07 |
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Hamui, L.; Sánchez-Vergara, M.E.; Corona-Sánchez, R.; Jiménez-Sandoval, O.; Álvarez-Toledano, C. Innovative Incorporation of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) as Hole Carrier Transport Layer and as Anode for Organic Solar Cells Performance Improvement. Polymers 2020, 12, 2808. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12122808
Hamui L, Sánchez-Vergara ME, Corona-Sánchez R, Jiménez-Sandoval O, Álvarez-Toledano C. Innovative Incorporation of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) as Hole Carrier Transport Layer and as Anode for Organic Solar Cells Performance Improvement. Polymers. 2020; 12(12):2808. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12122808
Chicago/Turabian StyleHamui, Leon, Maria Elena Sánchez-Vergara, Ricardo Corona-Sánchez, Omar Jiménez-Sandoval, and Cecilio Álvarez-Toledano. 2020. "Innovative Incorporation of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) as Hole Carrier Transport Layer and as Anode for Organic Solar Cells Performance Improvement" Polymers 12, no. 12: 2808. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12122808