Detrimental effect of silicon nanoparticles on P3HT:PCBM-Based OPV devices

Mejd Almheiri; Yamila M. Omar; Manas K. Panda; Matteo Chiesa; Panče Naumov; Samuele Lilliu

doi:10.1002/macp.201500051

Detrimental effect of silicon nanoparticles on P3HT:PCBM-Based OPV devices

Mejd Almheiri, Yamila M. Omar, Manas K. Panda, Matteo Chiesa, Panče Naumov, Samuele Lilliu

New York University Abu Dhabi

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The effect of incorporating 2.85 nm red luminescent silicon nanoparticles as photoluminescence down-shifters on the efficiency of organic solar cells based on regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) and [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester is investigated. The silicon nanoparticles are deposited by spin coating and inkjet printing on different layers of the devices. The presence of the silicon nanoparticles in the organic solar cells does not result in any performance improvement and causes a significant degradation of the power conversion efficiency. Power conversion efficiency (PCE) is measured for organic solar cells based on P3HT:PCBM blended with red fluorescent 2.85 nm silicon nanoparticles (Si-NPs) with different (P3HT:PCBM):Si-NP weight ratios (from 1:0 Ref. to 1:2). The PCE decreases as the amount of Si-NPs increases.

Original language	British English
Pages (from-to)	1155-1160
Number of pages	6
Journal	Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
Volume	216
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201500051
State	Published - 1 Jun 2015

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inkjet printing
P3HT:PCBM
photoluminescence down-shifter
polymer solar cell
silicon nanoparticles

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Detrimental effect of silicon nanoparticles on P3HT:PCBM-Based OPV devices

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