Effect of hybrid carbon nanotubes-bimetallic composite particles on the performance of polymer solar cells

Sun Young Park; Whi Dong Kim; Do Geun Kim; Jong Kuk Kim; Yong Soo Jeong; Joo Hyun Kim; Jae Keun Lee; Soo H. Kim; Jae Wook Kang

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2009.12.018

Effect of hybrid carbon nanotubes-bimetallic composite particles on the performance of polymer solar cells

Sun Young Park
, Whi Dong Kim
, Do Geun Kim
, Jong Kuk Kim
, Yong Soo Jeong
, Joo Hyun Kim
, Jae Keun Lee
, Soo H. Kim^*
, Jae Wook Kang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Flexible and Printable Electronics

Korea Institute of Materials Science
Pukyong National University
Pusan National University

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Abstract

Hybrid carbon nanotubes-bimetallic composite nanoparticles with sea urchin-like structures (SU-CNTs) were introduced to bulk heterojuction polymer-fullerene solar cells to improve their performance. The SU-CNTs were composed of multi-walled CNTs, which were grown radially over the entire surface of the bimetallic nanoparticles composed of Ni and Al. SU-CNTs with a precisely controlled length of ∼200±40 nm were dispersed homogenously in a polymer active layer. Compared with a pristine device (i.e., without SU-CNTs), the SU-CNTs-doped organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells showed an improved short-circuit current density and power conversion efficiency from 7.5 to 9.5 mA/cm² and 2.1±0.1% to 2.2±0.2% (max. 2.5%), respectively. The specially designed SU-CNTs have strong potential as an effective exciton dissociation medium in the polymer active layer to enhance the performance of organic solar cells.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	750-754
Number of pages	5
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	94
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2009.12.018
State	Published - 2010.05

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Bimetallic nanoparticles
Carbon nanotubes
Current density
Organic photovoltaic cell
Power conversion efficiency

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