Joule-Heating Annealing to Increase Organic Solar Cells Performance: A Comparative Study
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Abstract
In this work, we present our results on the influence of post-deposition treatments on the morphology and optical properties of photoactive films made of small molecules and their subsequent effect on the performance of photovoltaic (PV) devices. We have chosen DPP(TBFu)2:PC61BM as a benchmark model system and compared a novel joule-heating annealing (JHA) treatment with the widely used temperature annealing (TA) and solvent annealing (SVA) treatments. Detailed characterization of the morphology of the active layer and the performance of the devices suggests that JHA is a valuable post-treatment technique that provides fast information about the development of domains in the photoactive layer. Finally, in this context, solar cells on flexible indium tin oxide (ITO) substrates, made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), were fabricated and analyzed.
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OpenAlex topics: Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics · Thin-Film Transistor Technologies · Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
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Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-BIST), Avda. Països Catalans, 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
EURECAT, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, Avda. Ernest Lluch 36, 08302 Mataró, Spain
IPREM UMR5254—UPPA/CNRS, Technopole Hélioparc, 2 Avenue du Président Pierre Angot, 64053 Pau, France
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), 08010 Barcelona, Spain
Funding
Fundacio Eurecat · Institut Català d'Investigació Química (ICIQ) · Agency for Administration of University and Research
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