Optimization of the Bulk Heterojunction Composition for Enhanced Photovoltaic Properties: Correlation between the Molecular Weight of the Semiconducting Polymer and Device Performance

Célia Nicolet 1 Dargie Hailu Deribew 1 Cédric Renaud 1 Guillaume Fleury 1, 2, * Cyril Brochon 1, 2 Eric Cloutet 1, 2 Laurence Vignau 3 Guillaume Wantz 3 Henri Cramail 1, 4 Mark Geoghegan 5, 1 Georges Hadziioannou 1, 2, *
* Auteur correspondant
1 LCPO - Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques
2 TEAM 4 LCPO
3 IMS - Laboratoire de l'intégration, du matériau au système
4 TEAM 2 LCPO
5 Department of Physics and Astronomy [Sheffield]
Abstract : Herein we propose an approach toward the optimization of the photovoltaic performance of bulk heterojunctions by tuning the composition of the active layer with respect to the molecular weight of the semiconducting polymer. We used a poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PCBM) blend as a typical system and varied the molecular weight of the P3HT semiconducting polymer in order to determine its influence on the bulk heterojunction morphology as well as on the optoelectronic characteristics of the device. We have systematically mapped out the phase diagram for different molecular weight P3HTs blended with PCBM and observed the presence of a eutectic composition, which shifts to higher content of P3HT for lower molecular weight P3HTs. This shift inherent to the P3HT molecular weight is also apparent in the photovoltaic performance as the eutectic composition corresponds to the best of the photovoltaic properties. The P3HT molecular weight dependence of the eutectic composition is due to the molecular weight dependence of the P3HT crystallization behavior, which leads to dramatic morphological changes of the bulk heterojunction.
Keywords : GRIGNARD METATHESIS BLOCK-COPOLYMERS CHARGE-TRANSPORT MORPHOLOGY BLENDS GROWTH OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGE REGIOREGULAR POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE) THIN-FILMS FULLERENE SOLAR-CELLS
Type de document :
Article dans une revue
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, American Chemical Society, 2011, 115 (44), pp.12717-12727. 〈10.1021/jp207669j〉
Domaine :
Liste complète des métadonnées
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00803763
Contributeur : Dominique Richard <>
Soumis le : vendredi 22 mars 2013 - 17:16:34
Dernière modification le : mercredi 31 janvier 2018 - 15:20:01

Identifiants

Collections

IMS-BORDEAUX | IMS-BORDEAUX-FUSION | INC-CNRS

Citation

Célia Nicolet, Dargie Hailu Deribew, Cédric Renaud, Guillaume Fleury, Cyril Brochon, et al.. Optimization of the Bulk Heterojunction Composition for Enhanced Photovoltaic Properties: Correlation between the Molecular Weight of the Semiconducting Polymer and Device Performance. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, American Chemical Society, 2011, 115 (44), pp.12717-12727. 〈10.1021/jp207669j〉. 〈hal-00803763〉

Exporter

BibTeX TEI DC DCterms EndNote

Partager

Métriques

Consultations de la notice

250

Contact

support.ccsd.cnrs.fr
hal.support@ccsd.cnrs.fr
Logo CCSD