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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 113, Issue 18, Pages 7946-7953Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp810798z
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- Solarmer Energy Inc. [20061880]
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With the aim of revealing the role of additives in polymer solar cells, different amounts of 1,8-octanedithiol (OT) were added to the poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) blend system in order to observe the transition between systems with and without additive. We found that highly efficient P3HT:PCBM networks can be formed in the very early stage of the spin-coating process when a small amount of additive was added. The carrier mobilities of this fast-grown network were found to be comparable with those processed with solvent annealing. As a result, short circuit current density (J(sc)) as high as similar to 9 mA cm(-2) can be obtained and the fill factor (FF) can reach similar to 62%. The power conversion efficiency (PCE), however, is limited by the low open circuit voltage (V-oc) of the devices processed with OT. According to the grazing incidence X-ray diffraction data, a much shorter interlayer spacing (d((100)) similar to 15.6-15.7 angstrom) compared with those processed with different methods is observed in the polymer blends processed with OT, which is likely the reason for the low V-oc.
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