Issue 63, 2015

Control of carrier mobilities for performance enhancement of anthracene-based polymer solar cells

Abstract

High performance organic solar cells were realized using an anthracene-based polymer. Charge carrier mobilities of both electrons and holes in solvent annealed polymer and fullerene derivative mixtures were studied using organic field-effect transistors. Fine tuning of donor to acceptor ratios revealed optimum conditions for balanced mobilities, which led to a high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 4.02% in the organic solar cells. A methanol wash approach further enhanced the PCE to 4.65%. This work demonstrates the importance of carrier transport control in optimizing the performance of polymer solar cells.

Graphical abstract: Control of carrier mobilities for performance enhancement of anthracene-based polymer solar cells

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Apr 2015
Accepted
21 May 2015
First published
21 May 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 50668-50672

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Control of carrier mobilities for performance enhancement of anthracene-based polymer solar cells

Ö. Usluer, S. Boudiba, D. A. M. Egbe, L. Hirsch and M. Abbas, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 50668 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA07792C

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