標題: Doping ZnO Electron Transport Layers with MoS2 Nanosheets Enhances the Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cells
作者: Huang, Yi-Jiun
Chen, Hsiu-Cheng
Lin, Hsi-Kuei
Wei, Kung-Hwa
材料科學與工程學系
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
關鍵字: photovoltaics;inverted solar cell;electron transport layer;ZnO:MoS2 nanocomposites;MoS2 nanosheets;surface morphology;synchrotron grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering
公開日期: 13-六月-2018
摘要: In this study, we incorporated molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanosheets into sol-gel processing of zinc oxide (ZnO) to form ZnO:MoS2 composites for use as electron transport layers (ETLs) in inverted polymer solar cells featuring a binary bulk heterojunction active layer. We could effectively tune the energy band of the ZnO:MoS2 composite film from 4.45 to 4.22 eV by varying the content of MoS2 up to 0.5 wt %, such that the composite was suitable for use in bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices based on poly [bis (5-(2- ethylhexyl) thi en-2-yl)benzo dithiophene-alt-(4-(2-ethylhexyl)-3-fluorothienothiophene)-2-carboxylate-2,6-diyl] (PTB7-TH)/phenyl-C-71-butryric acid methyl ester (PC71BM). In particular, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the PTB7-TH/PC71 BM (1:1.5, w/w) device incorporating the ZnO:MoS2 (0.5 wt %) composite layer as the ETL was 10.1%, up from 8.8% for the corresponding device featuring ZnO alone as the ETL, a relative increase of 15%. Incorporating a small amount of MoS2 nanosheets into the ETL altered the morphology of the ETL and resulted in enhanced current densities, fill factors, and PCEs for the devices. We used ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, synchrotron grazing incidence wide-/small-angle X-ray scattering, atomic force microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy to characterize the energy band structures, internal structures, surface roughness, and morphologies, respectively, of the ZnO:MoS2 composite films.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b06413
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/145145
ISSN: 1944-8244
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b06413
期刊: ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume: 10
起始頁: 20196
結束頁: 20204
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