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Efficient and Air-Stable Aqueous-Processed Organic Solar Cells and Transistors: Impact of Water Addition on Processability and Thin-Film Morphologies of Electroactive Materials SCIE SCOPUS

Title
Efficient and Air-Stable Aqueous-Processed Organic Solar Cells and Transistors: Impact of Water Addition on Processability and Thin-Film Morphologies of Electroactive Materials
Authors
Lee, Hae RangC. LeeJ. ChoiY. KimT. L. NguyenW. LeeB. GautamX. LiuK. ZhangF. HuangJ. H. OhH. Y. WooB. J. Kim
Date Issued
2018-12-05
Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
Abstract
The authors report the development of a desirable aqueous process for ecofriendly fabrication of efficient and stable organic field-effect transistors (eco-OFETs) and polymer solar cells (eco-PSCs). Intriguingly, the addition of a typical antisolvent, water, to ethanol is found to remarkably enhance the solubility of oligoethylene glycol (OEG) side chain-based electroactive materials (e.g., the highly crystalline conjugated polymer PPDT2FBT-A and the fullerene monoadduct PC61BO12). A water-ethanol cosolvent with a 1:1 molar ratio provides an increased solubility of PPDT2FBT-A from 2.3 to 42.9 mg mL(-1) and that of PC61BO12 from 0.3 to 40.5 mg mL(-1). Owing to the improved processability, efficient eco-OFETs with a hole mobility of 2.0 x 10(-2) cm(2) V-1 s(-1) and eco-PSCs with a power conversion efficiency of 2.05% are successfully fabricated. In addition, the eco-PSCs fabricated with water-ethanol processing are highly stable under ambient conditions, showing the great potential of this new process for industrial scale application. To better understand the underlying role of water addition, the influence of water addition on the thinfilm morphologies and the performance of the eco-OFETs and eco-PSCs are studied. Additionally, it is demonstrated that the application of the aqueous process can be extended to a variety of other OEG-based material systems.
Keywords
ECO-FRIENDLY FABRICATION; ALL-POLYMER; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; FULLERENE-POLYMER; PHASE-SEPARATION; HIGHLY EFFICIENT; PERFORMANCE; SOLVENT; MOBILITY
URI
https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/94579
DOI
10.1002/aenm.201802674
ISSN
1614-6832
Article Type
Article
Citation
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, vol. 8, no. 34, 2018-12-05
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