• Optoelectronics Letters
  • Vol. 9, Issue 4, 274 (2013)
Xuan YU, Xiao-ming YU, Zi-yang HU, Jian-jun ZHANG*, Gengshen ZHAO, and Ying ZHAO
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Photo-electronic Thin Film Devices and Technology of Tianjin, Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Information Science and Technology for Ministry of Education, Institute of Photo-electronic Thin Film Devices and Technology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11801-013-3044-0 Cite this Article
    YU Xuan, YU Xiao-ming, HU Zi-yang, ZHANG Jian-jun, ZHAO Gengshen, ZHAO Ying. Efficiency enhancement of polymer solar cells by postadditional annealing treatment[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2013, 9(4): 274 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We adopt the post-additional thermal annealing (PATA) process to optimize the performance of the polymer solar cells (PSCs) with an active layer composed of a blend of regioregular poly (3-hexythiophene) (RR-P3HT) and fullerenes. It is found that compared with general annealing process, the crystallinity of RR-P3HT by PATA is enhanced, and the absorption peak is raised obviously at ~500 nm after PATA. With the optimized annealing conditions, the device shows an enhancement of 31% in short circuit current density, 5% in open circuit voltage (Voc), and 11% in the power conversion efficiency (PCE) compared with that of the general annealing device.
    YU Xuan, YU Xiao-ming, HU Zi-yang, ZHANG Jian-jun, ZHAO Gengshen, ZHAO Ying. Efficiency enhancement of polymer solar cells by postadditional annealing treatment[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2013, 9(4): 274
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