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Solution-derived poly(ethylene glycol)-TiOx nanocomposite film as a universal cathode buffer layer for enhancing efficiency and stability of polymer solar cells
Qingdong Zheng1(
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Highly efficient and stable polymer solar cells (PSCs) have been fabricated by adopting solution-derived hybrid poly(ethylene glycol)-titanium oxide (PEG-TiOx) nanocomposite films as a novel and universal cathode buffer layer (CBL), which can greatly improve device performance by reducing interface energy barriers and enhancing charge extraction/collection. The performance of inverted PSCs with varied bulk-heterojunctions (BHJs) based on this hybrid nanocomposite CBL was found to be much better than those of control devices with a pure TiOx CBL or without a CBL. An excellent power conversion efficiency up to 9.05% under AM 1.5G irradiation (100 mW·cm-2) was demonstrated, which represents a record high value for inverted PSCs with TiOx-based interface materials.
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Yin Z, Zheng Q, Chen S-C, et al. Solution-derived poly(ethylene glycol)-TiOx nanocomposite film as a universal cathode buffer layer for enhancing efficiency and stability of polymer solar cells. Nano Research, 2015, 8(2): 456-468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-014-0615-8
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