Effects of Magnetic Field on the Film Morphology and Photoelectric Properties of the Active Layer P3HT:PCBM
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摘要: 以P3HT(Poly (3-Hexylthiophene))为电子给体, PCBM ([6, 6]-Phenyl C61 Butyric Acid Methyl Ester)为电子受体, 在活性层P3HT:PCBM的退火过程中, 利用磁场对活性层有机分子的排列取向作用, 制备了有机体异质结太阳能电池。研究结果表明:当磁场强度为0.9MA/m时, 器件的短路电流密度从7.414A/cm2提高到8.332A/cm2, 填充因子也相应地增加, 但开路电压却有所降低, 最高的光电转换效率为2.562%。由光致发光光谱和原子力显微图像可知, 磁场对活性层的结晶度、内部分子排列和表面形貌都有明显的影响。Abstract: A series of poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT)/[6, 6]-phenyl-C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells were fabricated via a simple method, i.e.applying an external magnetic field on the active layer in its annealing process, which is based on the magnetic field effect on the alignment of the active layer's molecules.The experimental results demonstrate that the maximum photoelectric conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.562% is achieved when the magnetic intensity is 0.9MA/m.The short-circuit current density is raised from 7.414mA/cm2 to 8.332mA/cm2, and the fill factor from 0.512% to 0.543%, but the open-circuit voltage almost remains the same.As characterized by the photoluminescence spectrum and atomic force microscope (AFM), the magnetic field had obvious effects on the molecular alignment and the crystallinity of the active layer and the surface morphology of film.
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Key words:
- polymer solar cells /
- magnetic field /
- morphology /
- P3HT:PCBM /
- phase separation
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表 1 不同磁场强度处理后P3HT:PCBM OSC的性能
Table 1. Performance of P3HT:PCBM OSC under different intensity of external magnetic field treatment
H/(MA/m) Jsc/(mA/cm2) Voc/(V) FF PCE/(%) Rs/(Ω·cm2) Rsh/(Ω·cm2) 0 7.414 0.555 0.512 2.107 18.56 197.60 0.2 7.646 0.558 0.504 2.154 16.20 223.12 0.4 8.063 0.552 0.527 2.344 14.04 260.04 0.9 8.332 0.565 0.543 2.562 13.28 279.56 1.5 7.734 0.556 0.524 2.253 15.64 248.96 -
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