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Excitation Wavelength-Dependent Internal Quantum Efficiencies in a P3HT/Nonfullerene Acceptor Solar Cell

Ching-Hong Tan, Andrew Wadsworth, Nicola Gasparini, Scot Wheeler, Sarah Holliday, Raja S. Ashraf, Stoichko Dimitrov Orcid Logo, Derya Baran, Iain McCulloch, James Durrant Orcid Logo

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Volume: 123, Issue: 10, Pages: 5826 - 5832

Swansea University Authors: Stoichko Dimitrov Orcid Logo, James Durrant Orcid Logo

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Abstract

Solar cells based on blends of the donor polymer, P3HT, with the nonfullerene acceptor, O-IDTBR, have been shown to exhibit promising efficiencies and stabilities for low-cost organic photovoltaic devices. We focus herein on the charge separation and recombination dynamics in such devices. By employ...

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Published in: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
ISSN: 1932-7447 1932-7455
Published: 2019
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa49814
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Abstract: Solar cells based on blends of the donor polymer, P3HT, with the nonfullerene acceptor, O-IDTBR, have been shown to exhibit promising efficiencies and stabilities for low-cost organic photovoltaic devices. We focus herein on the charge separation and recombination dynamics in such devices. By employing selective wavelength excitations of P3HT and O-IDTBR, we show that photoexcitation of P3HT results in lower internal quantum efficiency (IQE) for photocurrent generation than that observed for photoexcitation of O-IDTBR. Transient absorption and photoluminescence quenching studies indicate that this lower IQE results primarily from higher geminate recombination losses of photogenerated charges following P3HT excitation compared with O-IDTBR excitation, rather than from differences in exciton separation efficiency. These higher geminate recombination losses result in lower photocurrent generation efficiency at short circuit upon selective excitation of the P3HT donor, when compared with O-IDTBR excitation.
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Issue: 10
Start Page: 5826
End Page: 5832