• 文献标题:   Cesium Carbonate Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots as Stable Electron-Selective Layer for Improvement of Inverted Polymer Solar Cells
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YANG HB, DONG YQ, WANG XZ, KHOO SY, LIU B
  • 作者关键词:   polymer solar cell, graphene, quantum dot, cesium carbonate, cathode buffer, stability
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nanyang Technol Univ
  • 被引频次:   49
  • DOI:   10.1021/am404638e
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Solution processable inverted bulk heterojunction (BHJ) polymer solar cells (PSCs) are promising alternatives to conventional silicon solar cells because of their low cost roll-to-roll production and flexible device applications. In this work, we demonstrated that Cs2CO3 functionalized graphene quantum dots (GQDs-Cs2CO3) could be used as efficient electron-selective layers in inverted PSCs. Compared with Cs2CO3 buffered devices, the GQDs-Cs2CO3 buffered devices show 56% improvement in power conversion efficiency, as well as 200% enhancement in stability, due to the better electron-extraction, suppression of leakage current, and inhibition of Cs+ ion diffusion at the buffer/polymer interface by GQDs-Cs2CO3. This work provides a thermal-annealing-free, solution-processable method for fabricating electron-selective layer in inverted PSCs, which should be beneficial for the future development of high performance all-solution-processed or roll-to-roll processed PSCs.