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Di(2-pyridyl)ketone stabilized titanium dioxide nanoparticles for the room temperature processed electron transporting layer in organic photovoltaics
- Title
- Di(2-pyridyl)ketone stabilized titanium dioxide nanoparticles for the room temperature processed electron transporting layer in organic photovoltaics
- Authors
- Hwang, Heewon; Yoon, Soyeon; Seok, Jeesoo; Kim, Kyungkon
- Ewha Authors
- 김경곤
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 김경곤
- Issue Date
- 2016
- Journal Title
- ORGANIC ELECTRONICS
- ISSN
- 1566-1199
1878-5530
- Citation
- ORGANIC ELECTRONICS vol. 28, pp. 281 - 286
- Keywords
- Polymer solar cells; Titanium dioxide nanoparticle; Electron transporting layer; Interfacial layer; Charge recombination
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Indexed
- SCI; SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Monodisperse TiO2 nanoparticles are obtained through hydrolysis of titanium butoxide in the presence of di(2-pyridyl)ketone (DPK) and para-toluenesulfonic acid. The DPK ligand stabilized the surface of the TiO2 nanoparticle through complexation with TiO2. DPK stabilized TiO2 (TNP-DPK) can be dispersed without aggregation in alcoholic solutions at concentrations higher than 1 M. The synthesized particles have 4-5 nm size and spherical shape at amorphous phase. The atomic force microscope image reveals that only 0.1 wt% of TNP-DPK solution can form a conformal and dense film on top of the active layer. The TNP-DPK solution is used for an electron transporting layer (ETL) in organic photovoltaics (OPV) that utilizing poly[4,8-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-2-yl)benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b']dithiophene-2,6-diyl-alt-(4-(2-ethylhexyl)-3-fluorothieno[3,4-b]thiophene-)-2-carboxylate-2-6-diyl)] (PTB7-Th) as a photoactive layer. The power conversion efficiency of the OPV is significantly improved from 7.18% to 9.08% by inserting the TNP-DPK layer between photoactive layer and Al electrode. Based on the internal quantum efficiency and transient photo voltage experiments, the TNP-DPK layer is found to improve the charge collection efficiency and reduce the charge recombination at the active layer/electrode interface. These results clearly show that the solution processed TNP-DPK layer can play a role as an efficient ETL in OPVs. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.orgel.2015.11.012
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- 자연과학대학 > 화학·나노과학전공 > Journal papers
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