Doping of Mesoscopic Charge Extraction Layers Enables the Design of Long-Time Stable Organic Solar Cells

Xu J, Luo J, Gubanov K, Barabash A, Fink R, Heumüller T, Brabec C (2024)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2024

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Pages Range: 30-37

DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c02087

Abstract

Realizing efficient and stable organic solar cells (OSCs) via all-solution processing requires the design of tailored charge extraction interfaces. Herein, we demonstrate a substantially different interface concept for OSC that is based on a low-temperature processed mesoscopic hole transporting layer (HTL) derived from partially covered organic nanoparticles (NPs) in the n-i-p structure. The mesoscopic interface is further doped in a second coating step with an organic salt dopant, BCF-Li. The interactions among the dopant, the solvent for sequential doping, and the semiconductor layer are surprisingly complex. The mesoscopic interface is necessary to evenly wet the semiconductor and prevent the aggregation of the dopant. At the same time, the sequential process reduces the excess acceptor at the interface. Both processes together are necessary to generate an efficiently doped interface for low-Ohmic-charge extraction and stable contacts. Devices with fully solution-processed mesoscopic interfaces show a superb shelf lifetime of over 22000 h without encapsulation and a long-term operational stability under 1 sun illumination for 2000 h (T80). Flexible devices bypass 1000 bending cycles with negligible degradation. Mesoscopic doped interfaces are demonstrated as an alternative to PEDOT:PSS as well as PEDOT related interface concepts for nonfullerene acceptors (NFA) in the n-i-p architecture.

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APA:

Xu, J., Luo, J., Gubanov, K., Barabash, A., Fink, R., Heumüller, T., & Brabec, C. (2024). Doping of Mesoscopic Charge Extraction Layers Enables the Design of Long-Time Stable Organic Solar Cells. ACS Energy Letters, 30-37. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.3c02087

MLA:

Xu, Junyi, et al. "Doping of Mesoscopic Charge Extraction Layers Enables the Design of Long-Time Stable Organic Solar Cells." ACS Energy Letters (2024): 30-37.

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