Poly(sodium 4-styrenseulfonate)-modified monolayer graphene for anode applications of organic photovoltaic cells

Yongfang Zhou, Min Wang, Liang Wang, Shuli Liu, Shufen Chen, Kun Cao, Wenjuan Shang, Jiangquan Mai, Baomin Zhao, Jing Feng, Xinhui Lu, Wei Huang

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Abstract

An insulated poly(sodium 4-styrenseulfonate) (PSS) was used to modify monolayer graphene for anode applications of organic photovoltaics (OPVs). With this PSS interfacial modification layer, the OPVs showed a significant increase of 56.4% in efficiency due to an improved work function and hydrophilic feature of graphene and an enlarged recombination resistance of carriers/excitons. Doping a highly contorted 1,2,5-thiadiazole-fused 12-ring polyaromatic hydrocarbon into the active layer to form ternary blended OPVs further enlarged the recombination resistance of carriers/excitons and improved light absorption of the active layer, with which a high power conversion efficiency of 6.29% was acquired.

Original languageEnglish
Article number113302
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume111
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Sep 2017
Externally publishedYes

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