Highly Efficient Layer-by-Layer Organic Photovoltaics Enabled by Additive Strategy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Device Fabrication
2.3. Characterization
3. Results
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Additive | JSC (Ave. ± Dev.) a (mA/cm2) | Cal. JSC (mA/cm2) | VOC (Ave. ± Dev.) a (V) | FF (Ave. ± Dev.) a (%) | PCE (Ave. ± Dev.) a (%) | RS (Ω cm2) | RSH (Ω cm2) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | 25.89 (25.55 ± 0.34) | 24.57 | 0.92 (0.917 ± 0.005) | 73.16 (72.71 ± 0.45) | 17.43 (17.29 ± 0.14) | 2.8 | 650 |
DIO | 26.27 (26.10 ± 0.17) | 25.18 | 0.88 (0.879 ± 0.002) | 77.77 (77.55 ± 0.22) | 17.98 (17.87 ± 0.11) | 2.4 | 1090 |
TCB | 26.74 (26.46 ± 0.28) | 25.43 | 0.90 (0.898 ± 0.004) | 76.88 (76.45 ± 0.43) | 18.50 (18.38 ± 0.12) | 2.5 | 910 |
TCB + DIO | 25.39 (25.14 ± 0.25) | 25.05 | 0.88 (0.875 ± 0.006) | 77.21 (76.83 ± 0.38) | 17.06 (16.93 ± 0.13) | 2.7 | 770 |
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Ni, Y.; Tian, H.; Gong, R.; Zhou, H.; Xu, W.; Wang, J.; Ma, X.; Zhang, F. Highly Efficient Layer-by-Layer Organic Photovoltaics Enabled by Additive Strategy. Energies 2024, 17, 4022. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17164022
Ni Y, Tian H, Gong R, Zhou H, Xu W, Wang J, Ma X, Zhang F. Highly Efficient Layer-by-Layer Organic Photovoltaics Enabled by Additive Strategy. Energies. 2024; 17(16):4022. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17164022
Chicago/Turabian StyleNi, Yuheng, Hongyue Tian, Ruifeng Gong, Hang Zhou, Wenjing Xu, Jian Wang, Xiaoling Ma, and Fujun Zhang. 2024. "Highly Efficient Layer-by-Layer Organic Photovoltaics Enabled by Additive Strategy" Energies 17, no. 16: 4022. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17164022