• 文献标题:   Low-Temperature CVD-Grown Graphene Thin Films as Transparent Electrode for Organic Photovoltaics
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ALI AY, HOLMES NP, AMERI M, FERON K, THAMEEL MN, BARR MG, FAHY A, HOLDSWORTH J, BELCHER W, DASTOOR P, ZHOU XJ
  • 作者关键词:   graphene thin film, lowtemperature cvd, organic photovoltaic
  • 出版物名称:   COATINGS
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.3390/coatings12050681
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Good conductivity, suitable transparency and uniform layers of graphene thin film can be produced by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) at low temperature and utilised as a transparent electrode in organic photovoltaics. Using chlorobenzene trapped in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) polymer as the carbon source, growth temperature (T-growth) of 600 degrees C at hydrogen (H-2) flow of 75 standard cubic centimetres per minute (sccm) was used to prepare graphene by CVD catalytically on copper (Cu) foil substrates. Through the T-growth of 600 degrees C, we observed and identified the quality of the graphene films, as characterised by Raman spectroscopy. Finally, P3HT (poly (3-hexylthiophene-2, 5-diyl)): PCBM (phenyl-C-61-butyric acid methyl ester) bulk heterojunction solar cells were fabricated on graphene-based window electrodes and compared with indium tin oxide (ITO)-based devices. It is interesting to observe that the OPV performance is improved more than 5 fold with increasing illuminated areas, hinting that high resistance between graphene domains can be alleviated by photo generated charges.