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SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
Volume 132, Issue -, Pages 15-20Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.07.052
Keywords
Fullerenes; Conjugated polymers; Photovoltaic devices; Halogen-free solvents; Thermal robustness
Funding
- JSPS KAKENHI [26289094]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26289094] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Bulk heterojunction (BHJ) photocells using low energy-gap polymers such as poly[[4,8-bis[(2-ethylhexyl) oxy]benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene-2,6-diyl][3-fluoro-2-[(2-ethylhexyl)carbonyllthieno[3,4-b]thiophen ediyl]] (PTB7) and modified fullerenes such as [6,6]-phenyl-C-71-butyric acid methyl ester (C-70-PCBM) show relatively high power conversion efficiency. It is known that the thermal annealing, which effectively improves the photovoltaic performance of BHJ photocells with semi-crystalline polymers such as poly (3-hexylthiophene), is not applicable to BHJ photocells with amorphous-type polymers such as PTB7. In this study, it is found that PTB7:C70-PCBM BHJ photocells degrade shortly at 80 degrees C, which is within the range of the temperature shock cycling test condition specified in IEC 61646, the international standard for testing thin-film photovoltaic module. On the other hand, the photovoltaic performance of PTB7:C-70 BHJ photocells composite has been found to significantly improve after the thermal annealing at 160 degrees C. The results strikingly indicate not only that the lack of thermal robustness in PTB7:C-70-PCBM BHJ photocells does not mainly arise from the nature of the polymer but the substituents of the fullerene used, but also that neat fullerenes should not be considered as just cheap and nasty substitutes of fullerene derivatives. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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