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Cofacial Versus Coplanar Arrangement in Centrosymmetric Packing Dimers of Dipolar Small Molecules: Structural Effects on the Crystallization Behaviors and Optoelectronic Characteristics
(2016-07-20)
Chou, Shu-Hua
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Kang, Hao-Wei
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Chang, Shu-Ting
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Wu, Kuan-Yi
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Bazan, Guillermo C.
Two D-pi-A-A molecules (MIDTP and TIDTP) composed of an electron-rich ditolylamino group (D) and an electron-deficient 5-dicyanovinylenylpyrimidine (A-A) fragment bridged together with indeno[1,2-b]thiophene (IDT) were synthesized. These molecules provide an opportunity to examine in-depth the impact of side-chain variations (methyl vs p-tolyl) on the crystallization behaviors, solid-state morphology, physical properties, and optoelectronic characteristics relevant for practical applications. X-ray analyses on single-crystal structures indicate that methyl-substituted MIDTP forms coplanar antiparallel dimers via C-H center dot center dot center dot S interactions and organizes into an ordered slip-staircase arrays. In contrast, p-tolyl-bearing TIDTP shows cofacial centrosymmetric dimers via pi-pi interactions and packs into a less-ordered layered structures. The X-ray diffraction analyses upon thermal treatment are consistent with a superior crystallinity of MIDTP, as compared to that of TIDTP. This difference indicates a greater propensity to organization by introduction of the smaller methyl group versus the bulkier p-tolyl group. The increased propensity for order by MIDTP facilitates the crystallization of MIDTP in both solution-processed and vacuum-deposited thin films. MIDTP forms solution-processed single-crystal arrays that deliver OFET hole mobility of 6.56 x 10(-4) cm(2) V-1 s(-1), whereas TIDTP only forms amorhpous films that gave lower hole mobility of 1.34 x 10(-5) cm(2) V-1 s(-1). MIDTP and TIDTP were utilized to serve as donors together with C-70 as acceptor in the fabrication of small-molecule organic solar cells (SMOSCs) with planar heterojunction (PHJ) or planar-mixed heterojunction (PMHJ) device architectures. OPV devices based on higher crystalline MIDTP delivered power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of 2.5% and 4.3% for PHJ and PMHJ device, respectively, which are higher than those of TIDTP-based cells. The improved PCEs of MIDTP-based devices are attributed to better hole-transport character.
Efficient inverted quasi-bilayer organic solar cells fabricated by using non-halogenated solvent processes
(2014-09-07)
Chang, Jung-Hao
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Wang, Hsiao-Fang
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Lin, Wei-Chieh
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Chiang, Kai-Ming
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Chen, Kuan-Chen
Here we demonstrate the fabrication of novel, "quasi-bilayer" inverted organic photovoltaic devices using halogen-free solvents. The inferior solubility of pristine fullerene in non-halogenated solvents was used to control the interpenetration of upper polymeric donor layers with bottom fullerene layers. Notably, island-like nano-morphologies were revealed by AFM, SEM, TEM, cross-sectional TEM images and PL quenching measurement. Correlation between device performance, thin-film nano-morphology and ac impedance was observed. High efficiencies of 6.55% and 7.15% were observed for PBDTTT-C-T and PTB7 cells, respectively. These results demonstrate that this novel process not only offers an effective new method to control the morphology of solar active layers but, more importantly, could also be applied to a wide range of current material systems to produce efficient devices that comply with the non-toxic halogen-free requirement.
Efficient inverted quasi-bilayer organic solar cells fabricated by using non-halogenated solvent processes
(2014-09-07)
Chang, Jung-Hao
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Wang, Hsiao-Fang
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Lin, Wei-Chieh
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Chiang, Kai-Ming
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Chen, Kuan-Chen
Here we demonstrate the fabrication of novel, "quasi-bilayer" inverted organic photovoltaic devices using halogen-free solvents. The inferior solubility of pristine fullerene in non-halogenated solvents was used to control the interpenetration of upper polymeric donor layers with bottom fullerene layers. Notably, island-like nano-morphologies were revealed by AFM, SEM, TEM, cross-sectional TEM images and PL quenching measurement. Correlation between device performance, thin-film nano-morphology and ac impedance was observed. High efficiencies of 6.55% and 7.15% were observed for PBDTTT-C-T and PTB7 cells, respectively. These results demonstrate that this novel process not only offers an effective new method to control the morphology of solar active layers but, more importantly, could also be applied to a wide range of current material systems to produce efficient devices that comply with the non-toxic halogen-free requirement.
Highly efficient inverted rapid-drying blade-coated organic solar cells
(2012-04-01)
Chang, Jung-Hao
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Chen, Yi-Hong
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Lin, Hao-Wu
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Lin, Yu-Ting
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Meng, Hsin-Fei
Efficient inverted bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PCBM) organic solar cells fabricated by rapid-drying blade-coated were demonstrated. Optimized self-organization interpenetration networks and donor/acceptor domain sizes were obtained while maintaining the smooth surface morphology. By integrating with low-temperature-processed sol-gel ZnO electron extraction layer, power conversion efficiency (PCE) up to 4.4% under AM1.5G 1 sun illumination is achieved, compared to fast drying but low efficiency (1.2%) and high efficiency but with long-time solvent annealing treatment (4.3%) control cells deposited by spin coating in chlorobenzene (CB) and 1,2-dichlorobenzene (DCB) solution, respectively. The novel deposition technique reveals a promising process for highly efficient, high throughput, stable morphology organic solar cells fabrication. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Highly efficient organic solar cells using a solution-processed active layer with a small molecule donor and pristine fullerene
(2014)
Lin, Hao-Wu
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Chang, Jung-Hao
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Huang, Wei-Ching
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Lin, Yu-Ting
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Lin, Li-Yen
A new strategy has been successfully established to realize high efficiency small molecule organic solar cells with a solution-processed active layer composed of a small organic molecule as the donor and pristine C-70 as the acceptor. Using 1,2-dichlorobenzene as solvent, a homogeneous donor/C-70 blend active layer can be effectively formed either by spin- or bar-coating techniques. This method delivers organic solar cells with high power conversion efficiencies up to 5.9%.
ITO-free inverted polymer solar cell on metal substrate with top-illumination
(2014-01-01)
Chen, En-Chen
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Tsai, Pei-Ting
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Tsai, Chia-Ying
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Chang, Jung-Hao
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Huang, Zheng-Yu
High-performance polymer solar cells are conventionally fabricated on the rigid and costly indium-tin-oxide (ITO) glass substrates, which are incompatible with the roll-to-roll process with low cost. This study shows that polymer solar cells can be made on ITO-free flexible stainless steel with only a moderate compromise in power conversion efficiency. A blend of poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and (6,6)-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) was used as the active material for the inverted structure. The bottom electrode was an alloy of Al and Au spontaneously formed from a bi-layer during thermal annealing of the active layer. This alloy had a low work function of 3.9 eV, and a high resistance to oxide formation throughout the entire process. Semi-transparent Ag was used as the top electrode. These solar cells on stainless steel had an efficiency of 2.6%. The majority of the loss came from the top electrode transmission at approximately 60%. This all-metal approach makes roll-to-roll polymer cell fabrication possible. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.