Manifestation of Carrier Relaxation Through the Manifold of Localized States in PCDTBT:PC60BM Bulk Heterojunction Material: The Role of PC84BM Traps on the Carrier Transport

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (17) ◽  
pp. 2273-2277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Lin Leong ◽  
Gerardo Hernandez-Sosa ◽  
Sarah R. Cowan ◽  
Daniel Moses ◽  
Alan J. Heeger
2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (15) ◽  
pp. 2341-2345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengmei Zhong ◽  
Fei Huang ◽  
Yong Cao ◽  
Daniel Moses ◽  
Alan J. Heeger

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Ramirez ◽  
Alberto Privitera ◽  
Safakath Karuthedath ◽  
Anna Jungbluth ◽  
Johannes Benduhn ◽  
...  

AbstractStability is now a critical factor in the commercialization of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices. Both extrinsic stability to oxygen and water and intrinsic stability to light and heat in inert conditions must be achieved. Triplet states are known to be problematic in both cases, leading to singlet oxygen production or fullerene dimerization. The latter is thought to proceed from unquenched singlet excitons that have undergone intersystem crossing (ISC). Instead, we show that in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells the photo-degradation of C60 via photo-oligomerization occurs primarily via back-hole transfer (BHT) from a charge-transfer state to a C60 excited triplet state. We demonstrate this to be the principal pathway from a combination of steady-state optoelectronic measurements, time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance, and temperature-dependent transient absorption spectroscopy on model systems. BHT is a much more serious concern than ISC because it cannot be mitigated by improved exciton quenching, obtained for example by a finer BHJ morphology. As BHT is not specific to fullerenes, our results suggest that the role of electron and hole back transfer in the degradation of BHJs should also be carefully considered when designing stable OPV devices.


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Heiber ◽  
Klaus Kister ◽  
Andreas Baumann ◽  
Vladimir Dyakonov ◽  
Carsten Deibel ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 3954-3961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Han Kim ◽  
Jonghyeon Noh ◽  
Hyesun Choi ◽  
Jung-Yong Lee ◽  
Taek-Soo Kim

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (18) ◽  
pp. 5638-5646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana Farinhas ◽  
Ana M. Ferraria ◽  
Ana M. B. do Rego ◽  
Jorge Morgado ◽  
Ana Charas

2014 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 13-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Soultati ◽  
D.G. Georgiadou ◽  
A. Douvas ◽  
P. Argitis ◽  
D. Alexandropoulos ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 384-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Se Jin Lee ◽  
Sang Bong Lee ◽  
Sung Cheol Yoon ◽  
Eun Young Choi ◽  
Choon Sup Yoon

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