Adv. Mater.: Polymer Solar Cells with 90% External Quantum Efficiency Featuring an Ideal Light- and Charge-Manipulation Layer

Title：

Polymer Solar Cells with 90% External Quantum Efficiency Featuring an Ideal Light- and Charge-Manipulation Layer

Authors：

Jing-De Chen¹, Yan-Qing Li¹, Jingshuai Zhu², Qianqian Zhang³, Rui-Peng Xu¹, Chi Li¹, Yue-Xing Zhang¹, Jing-Sheng Huang¹, Xiaowei Zhan², Wei You³, and Jian-Xin Tang¹*

Institutions：

¹Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China

²Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

³Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290, USA

Abstract：

Rapid progress in the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of polymer solar cells (PSEs) is beneficial from the factors that match the irradiated solar spectrum, maximize incident light absorption, and reduce photogenerated charge recombination. To optimize the device efficiency, a nanopatterned ZnO:Al₂O₃ composite film is presented as an efficient light- and charge-manipulation layer (LCML). The Al₂O₃ shells on the ZnO nanoparticles offer the passivation effect that allows optimal electron collection by suppressing charge-recombination loss. Both the increased refractive index and the patterned deterministic aperiodic nanostructure in the ZnO:Al₂O₃ LCML cause broadband light harvesting. Highly efficient single-junction PSCs for different binary blends are obtained with a peak external quantum efficiency of up to 90%, showing certified PCEs of 9.69% and 13.03% for a fullerene blend of PTB7:PC71BM and a nonfullerene blend, FTAZ:IDIC, respectively. Because of the substantial increase in efficiency, this method unlocks the full potential of the ZnO:Al₂O₃ LCML toward future photovoltaic applications.

IF：

21.95

Link：

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.201706083