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- 2005Compositional dependence of the performance of poly(p-phylene vinylene): methanofullerene bulk-heterojunction solar cellscitations
- 2004Characterization of poly(p-phenylene vinylene)/methanofullerene blends of polymer solar cells by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometrycitations
- 2004Relating the morphology of poly(p-phenylene vinylene)/methanofullerene blend to bulk heterojunction solar cell performancecitations
- 2004Morphology and thermal stability of the active layer in poly(p-phenylenevinylene)/methanofullerene plastic photovoltaic devicescitations
- 2004Relating the morphology of poly(p-phenylene vinylene)/methanofullerene blends to solar-cell performancecitations
- 2003Characterization of polymer solar cells by TOF-SIMS depth profilingcitations
- 2003Thermally induced transient absorption of light by poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):Poly(styrene sulfonic acid) (PEDOT:PSS) films: A way to probe charge-carrier thermalization processescitations
- 2002Simulation of electrical conductivity in a pi-conjugated polymeric conductor with infrared lightcitations
- 2002The use of the focused ion beam technique to prepare cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy specimen of polymer solar cells deposited on glasscitations
- 2002In-situ compositional and structural analysis of plastic solar cells
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Relating the morphology of poly(p-phenylene vinylene)/methanofullerene blends to solar-cell performance
Abstract
The performance of bulk-heterojunction solar cells based on a phase-separated mixture of donor and acceptor materials is known to be critically dependent on the morphology of the active layer. Here we use a combination of techniques to resolve the morphology of spin cast films of poly(p-phenylene vinylene)/methanofullerene blends in three dimensions on a nanometer scale and relate the results to the performance of the corresponding solar cells. Atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and depth profiling using dynamic time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) clearly show that for the two materials used in this study, 1-(3-methoxycarbonyl)propyl-1-phenyl-[6,6]-methanofullerene (PCBM) and poly[2-methoxy-5-(3,7-dimethyloctyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene] (MDMO-PPV), phase separation is not observed up to 50 wt.-% PCBM. Nanoscale phase separation throughout the film sets in for concentrations of more than 67 wt.-% PCBM, to give domains of rather pure PCBM in a homogenous matrix of 50:50 wt.-% MDMO-PPV/PCBM. Electrical characterization, under illumination and in the dark, of the corresponding photovoltaic devices revealed a strong increase of power conversion efficiency when the phase-separated network develops, with a sharp increase of the photocurrent and fill factor between 50 and 67 wt.-% PCBM. As the phase separation sets in, enhanced electron transport and a reduction of bimolecular charge recombination provide the conditions for improved performance. The results are interpreted in terms of a model that proposes a hierarchical build up of two cooperative interpenetrating networks at different length scales.