Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 9, Issue 11, Pages 9918-9925Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b16538
Keywords
solvent additives; diiodooctane; butanedithiol; excited polymer; photostability; solar cells
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51563016]
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [51425304]
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In this work, we demonstrated that the excited poly[4,8-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-2-yObenzo [1,2-b;4,5bldithiophene-2,6-diyl-alt-(4-(2-ethylhexyl)-3-fluorothieno[3,4-b]thiophene-)-2-carboxylate-2,6-diy1)] (PTB7-Th) will be degraded by [6,6] -phenyl -C-71 -butyric acid methyl ester (PC7IBM) or photolysis fragment of 1,8-diiodooctane (DIO) in the presence of oxygen and under irradiation of red light. From the previous reports, the fragment of DIO may be involved in the reaction directly. Our work indicates the PC71BM is not directly involved in the reaction, but is acting as a catalyst to promote the reaction of excited donors with oxygen. Thus, PTB7-Th urgently needs a kind of nonresidual iodine-free additive to replace DIO and remove the fullerene from the donor phase at the same time. Taking into consideration PC71BM solubility and boiling point difference between solvent additives and host solvents, 1,4-butanedithiol solvent was selected to fabricate PTB7-Th:PC(71)BMbased solar cells achieving a best power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 10.2% (8.5% for PTB7:PC71BM). Iodine -free butanedithiol can not only avoid excited polymer reacting with the photolysis fragment of DIO but also suppress the degradation of the excited PTB7-Th caused by synergistic effect between the fullerene and oxygen via extracting the free/trapped PC71BM from the donor phase. Eventually, the film prepared with 1,4-butanedithiol shows higher stability than the film prepared without any additives and much better than the film with DIO in macro-/micromorphology, light absorption, and device performance.
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