1. Structural Design and Simple Posttreatment of the Hole Transport Layer to Improve Performance of Hybrid Solar Cells.
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Wang, Yang, Jiang, Wenzheng, Zhao, Yonggang, Lv, Mingzhi, An, Yue, Wang, Yu, Zhang, Qiang, Liu, Hao, Liu, Chenxi, Fan, Zining, Liu, Qiming, and He, Deyan
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HYBRID solar cells ,STRUCTURAL design ,PHOTOVOLTAIC power systems ,CHARGE transfer ,PASSIVATION ,SOLAR cells - Abstract
The performance of organic‐inorganic hybrid solar cells (HSCs) can be improved by modifying the hole transport layer (HTL). Poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) is the most active HTL material in organic‐inorganic HSCs and has been widely studied. Nevertheless, charge transfer in PEDOT:PSS is limited and inefficient due to the presence of the weak ionic conductor PSS. Moreover, the working function of the PEDOT:PSS film and the passivation of the PSS at the Si/PEDOT:PSS interface play a crucial role in carrier separation. The focus of this work is to explore a universal modification method to simultaneously achieve improved charge transport and interfacial passivation capability when using PEDOT:PSS as HTL. By combining bilayer design and simple solution posttreatment, the direct current conductivity (σdc) and work function of the HTL based on PEDOT:PSS are increased to 765 S cm−1 and 5.00 eV, respectively. The organic‐inorganic HSCs prepared using this approach achieve a photovoltaic conversion efficiency (PCE) of 12.33%, achieving a 16.54% improvement over untreated devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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