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Impact of thermal stability of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly(4-styrenesulfonate) used as buffer layer in organic solar cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2013

Minh Trung Dang ,
Jesus Cantú-Valle ,
Lionel Hirsch  and
Guillaume Wantz
Minh Trung Dang
Affiliation:
Universite Bordeaux 1, IMS, UMR 5218, 33400 Talence, France CNRS, IMS, UMR 5218, 33400 Talence, France
Jesus Cantú-Valle
Affiliation:
Universite Bordeaux 1, IMS, UMR 5218, 33400 Talence, France CNRS, IMS, UMR 5218, 33400 Talence, France
Lionel Hirsch*
Affiliation:
Universite Bordeaux 1, IMS, UMR 5218, 33400 Talence, France CNRS, IMS, UMR 5218, 33400 Talence, France
Guillaume Wantz
Affiliation:
Universite Bordeaux 1, IMS, UMR 5218, 33400 Talence, France CNRS, IMS, UMR 5218, 33400 Talence, France
*
b e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We compared the performances of polymer-based photovoltaic devices prepared from different formulations of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). The PEDOT:PSS buffer layer is incorporated between the indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode and the active layer, which is composed of a blend of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM). A highest efficiency of 3.86% (under AM1.5 solar illumination) was achieved for device prepared from a PEDOT:PSS trade-named high conductivity grade. However, annealing devices at a temperature over 120 °C results in decreased photovoltaic performance. This study shows that attention has to be paid to chemicals used to formulate high conductive PEDOT:PSS to become compatible with the production of solar cells involving thermal processing.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 63 , Issue 3 , September 2013 , 30201
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© EDP Sciences, 2013

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