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A Silanol-Functionalized Polyoxometalate with Excellent Electron Transfer Mediating Behavior to ZnO and TiO 2 Cathode Interlayers for Highly Efficient and Extremely Stable Polymer Solar Cells
Tountas, Marinos Topal, Yasemin Verykios, Apostolos Soultati, Anastasia Kaltzoglou, Andreas Papadopoulos, Theodoros A. Auras, Florian Seintis, Kostas Fakis, Mihalis Palilis, Leonidas C.
Tountas, Marinos
Topal, Yasemin
Verykios, Apostolos
Soultati, Anastasia
Kaltzoglou, Andreas
Papadopoulos, Theodoros A.
Auras, Florian
Seintis, Kostas
Fakis, Mihalis
Palilis, Leonidas C.
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2017-12-21
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Combining high efficiency and long lifetime under ambient conditions still poses a major challenge towards commercialization of polymer solar cells. Here we report a facile strategy that can simultaneously enhance the efficiency and temporal stability of inverted photovoltaic architectures. Inclusion of a silanol-functionalized organic–inorganic hybrid polyoxometalate derived from a PW9O34 lacunary phosphotungstate anion, namely (nBu4N)3[PW9O34(tBuSiOH)3], significantly increases the effectiveness of the electron collecting interface, which consists of a metal oxide such as titanium dioxide or zinc oxide, and leads to a high efficiency of 6.51% for single-junction structures based on poly(3-hexylthiophene):indene-C60 bisadduct (P3HT:IC60BA) blends. The above favourable outcome stems from a large decrease in the work function, an effective surface passivation and a decrease in the surface energy of metal oxides which synergistically result in the outstanding electron transfer mediating capability of the functionalized polyoxometalate. In addition, the insertion of a silanol-functionalized polyoxometalate layer significantly enhances the ambient stability of unencapsulated devices which retain nearly 90% of their original efficiencies (T90) after 1000 hours.
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Tountas, M., et al. (2017). A Silanol-Functionalized Polyoxometalate with Excellent Electron Transfer Mediating Behavior to ZnO and TiO 2 Cathode Interlayers for Highly Efficient and Extremely Stable Polymer Solar Cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6, 1459-1469. http://doi.org/10.1039/C7TC04960A
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Royal Society of Chemistry
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C
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2050-7526