Probing Ternary Solvent Effect in High Voc Polymer Solar Cells Using Advanced AFM Techniques
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Abstract
This work describes a simple method to develop a high V(oc) low band gap PSCs. In addition, two new atomic force microscopy (AFM)-based nanoscale characterization techniques to study the surface morphology and physical properties of the structured active layer are introduced. With the help of ternary solvent processing of the active layer and C60 buffer layer, a bulk heterojunction PSC with V(oc) more than 0.9 V and conversion efficiency 7.5% is developed. In order to understand the fundamental properties of the materials ruling the performance of the PSCs tested, AFM-based nanoscale characterization techniques including Pulsed-Force-Mode AFM (PFM-AFM) and Mode-Synthesizing AFM (MSAFM) are introduced. Interestingly, MSAFM exhibits high sensitivity for direct visualization of the donor-acceptor phases in the active layer of the PSCs. Finally, conductive-AFM (cAFM) studies reveal local variations in conductivity in the donor and acceptor phases as well as a significant increase in photocurrent in the PTB7:ICBA sample obtained with the ternary solvent processing.
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OpenAlex topics: Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics · Thin-Film Transistor Technologies · Conducting polymers and applications
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Affiliations
NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32826, United States,
Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, United States
CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, United States
The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, United States
Funding
Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems · Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation
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