Effect of a calcium cathode on water-based nanoparticulate solar cells

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2012

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Vaughan, B.
Stapleton, A.
Xue, B.
Sesa, E.
Zhou, X.
Bryant, G.
Belcher, W.
Dastoor, P.

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Applied Physics Letters, 2012; 101(5, article no. 053901):053901-1-053901-4

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Water-based nanoparticulate (NP) and bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices based on blends of poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-N,N-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,Ndiphenyl-1, 4-phenylenediamine) (PFB) and poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-benzothiadiazole (F8BT) have been fabricated with aluminium and calcium/aluminium cathodes. The NP devices exhibit power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) that are double that of the corresponding BHJ device. Moreover, the addition of calcium into the cathode structure results in a dramatic increase in open circuit voltage and PCEs approaching 1% for water-based polyfluorene OPV devices.

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Copyright 2012 American Institute of Physics

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