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Direct Evidence of Less Charge Accumulation in Highly Durable Polymer Solar Cells Using Operando Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy

  • Dong Xue
    Dong Xue
    Division of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan
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  • Shinpei Kamiya
    Shinpei Kamiya
    Division of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan
  • Masahiko Saito
    Masahiko Saito
    Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan
  • Itaru Osaka
    Itaru Osaka
    Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan
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  • Kazuhiro Marumoto*
    Kazuhiro Marumoto
    Division of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan
    Tsukuba Research Center for Energy Materials Science (TREMS), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
    *E-mail: [email protected]
Cite this: ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 2, 2028–2036
Publication Date (Web):January 16, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c00076
Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society
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Inverted-type polymer solar cells with poly[naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c′]bis[1,2,5]thiadiazole-5,10-diyl[3,4′-bis(2-butyloctyl)[2,2′-bithiophene]-5,5′-diyl]thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole-2,5-diyl[3′,4-bis(2-butyloctyl)[2,2′-bithiophene]-5,5′-diyl]] (PTzNTz) have attracted attention because of their high power conversion efficiency and thermal stability. However, the internal deterioration mechanism has not yet been completely clarified. Here, we report operand electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy of the highly durable PTzNTz polymer solar cells to investigate the mechanism of the device-performance deterioration at a molecular level. We identify the layer with accumulated charges in the PTzNTz cells by the analyses of light-induced components in the ESR spectra of the thin films and cells with PTzNTz. We observe the correlation between the increase in the number of spins and the decrease in the device performance. Notably, compared to the previously reported ESR studies of polymer solar cells, the PTzNTz solar cells have less charge accumulation and higher durability. This correlation holds even if another hole-transport layer of PTzNTz solar cells is utilized. The calculation with density functional theory is performed to analyze the charge-accumulation states in the cells. The present results are useful to develop further highly efficient and durable polymer solar cells.

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This article is cited by 3 publications.

  1. Takahiro Watanabe, Toshihiro Yamanari, Kazuhiro Marumoto. Deterioration mechanism of perovskite solar cells by operando observation of spin states. Communications Materials 2020, 1 (1) https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-020-00099-7
  2. V.I. Krinichnyi, E.I. Yudanova, N.N. Denisov, V.R. Bogatyrenko. Effects of small-molecule-doping on spin-assisted processes in P3DDT:PC61BM photovoltaics. Synthetic Metals 2020, 267 , 116462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2020.116462
  3. Dong Xue, Shinpei Kamiya, Masahiko Saito, Itaru Osaka, Kazuhiro Marumoto. Analyses of PTzNTz Polymer Solar Cells Using ESR Spectroscopy. Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology 2020, 33 (1) , 97-102. https://doi.org/10.2494/photopolymer.33.97

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