PEDOT:PSS Modification by blending graphene oxide to improve the efficiency of organic solar cells

Yishan Wang; Haowei Wang; Junfeng Xu; Bo He; Weile Li; Qi Wang; Shengyi Yang; Bingsuo Zou

doi:10.1002/pc.24311

PEDOT:PSS Modification by blending graphene oxide to improve the efficiency of organic solar cells

Yishan Wang, Haowei Wang, Junfeng Xu, Bo He, Weile Li, Qi Wang, Shengyi Yang^*, Bingsuo Zou

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In this work, we present a simple method to modify poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) by directly blending graphene oxide (GO) into PEDOT:PSS to form (PEDOT:PSS):GO nanocomposite and it shows an enhanced conductivity than that of pristine PEDOT:PSS due to the benzoid-quinoid structure transition of PEDOT:PSS. By applying the obtained nanocomposite (PEDOT:PSS):GO film as the hole-transporting layer (HTL) in organic solar cells (OSCs) ITO/HTL/active-layer/Ca/Al, in which the active layer consists of poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT):[6,6]-phenyl C₆₁ butyric acid methyl ester (PC₆₁BM) or P3HT:indene-C₆₀ bisadduct (ICBA), we found that the power conversion efficiency of these two OSCs with P3HT:PC₆₁BM and P3HT:ICBA as the active layer reached to 3.96% and 5.89%, respectively, showing correspondingly enhancement of 14.78% and 9.89% as compared with those of the control devices in which PEDOT:PSS without any modification. Therefore, PEDOT:PSS modified with GO provides an easy way to fabricate stable OSCs with high performance and low cost. POLYM. COMPOS., 39:3066–3072, 2018.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3066-3072
Number of pages	7
Journal	Polymer Composites
Volume	39
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.24311
Publication status	Published - Sept 2018

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Wang, Y., Wang, H., Xu, J., He, B., Li, W., Wang, Q., Yang, S., & Zou, B. (2018). PEDOT:PSS Modification by blending graphene oxide to improve the efficiency of organic solar cells. Polymer Composites, 39(9), 3066-3072. https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.24311

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