Efficiency exceeding 10% for inverted polymer solar cells with a ZnO/ionic liquid combined cathode interfacial layer

W. Yu; L. Huang; D. Yang; P. Fu; L. Zhou; J. Zhang; C. Li

doi:10.1039/c5ta00930h

Efficiency exceeding 10% for inverted polymer solar cells with a ZnO/ionic liquid combined cathode interfacial layer

W. Yu
, L. Huang
, D. Yang
, P. Fu
, L. Zhou
, J. Zhang
, C. Li

Materials Science and Engineering

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The interlayer inserted between the active layer and ITO has been demonstrated to be crucial for the performance of inverted polymer solar cells (i-PSCs). In this work, we find that ionic liquids (ILs) can significantly enhance the efficiency of i-PSCs. With the ZnO/IL interfacial layer, PTB7-Th:PC₇₁BM i-PSCs can exhibit a champion power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 10.15%, which is among the highest PCEs reported thus far for single-junction bulk heterojunction solar cells through the solution process. The IL layer and ZnO/IL combination layer with low work function, good optical transmittance, improved electron extraction and reduced resistance at the cathode interface have been demonstrated to be excellent and general interfacial layers for i-PSCs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	10660-10665
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume	3
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ta00930h
State	Published - May 28 2015

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