Enhancing the performance of polymer solar cells using solution-processed copper doped nickel oxide nanoparticles as hole transport layer

Huang, Shuai; Wang, Yunhe; Si, Shved; Tang, Yuting; Yu, Ancan; Kang, Bonan; Silva, S. Ravi P.; Lu, Geyu

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2018.10.013

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“…Optimal conditions of UVO pretreatment, drop spacing, and substrate temperature at 25 °C resulted in a PCE of 2.60% in the P3HT:PC 60 BM cell with superior environmental stability. Huang et al used copper (5.0 at.%) as a dopant to increase the electrical conductivity of NiO x film, resulting in a reduction of R s from 11.25 to 9.98 Ωcm 2 [ 181 ]. The Cu-doped NiO x (Cu:NiO x ) also improved the interface contact with the active layer and facilitated the charge transport, resulting in a higher PCE of 7.1% in PCDTBT:PC 71 BM-based cells.…”

Section: Hole-transporting Materials As Htls In Oscsmentioning

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Recent Advances in Hole-Transporting Layers for Organic Solar Cells

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Global energy demand is increasing; thus, emerging renewable energy sources, such as organic solar cells (OSCs), are fundamental to mitigate the negative effects of fuel consumption. Within OSC’s advancements, the development of efficient and stable interface materials is essential to achieve high performance, long-term stability, low costs, and broader applicability. Inorganic and nanocarbon-based materials show a suitable work function, tunable optical/electronic properties, stability to the presence of moisture, and facile solution processing, while organic conducting polymers and small molecules have some advantages such as fast and low-cost production, solution process, low energy payback time, light weight, and less adverse environmental impact, making them attractive as hole transporting layers (HTLs) for OSCs. This review looked at the recent progress in metal oxides, metal sulfides, nanocarbon materials, conducting polymers, and small organic molecules as HTLs in OSCs over the past five years. The endeavors in research and technology have optimized the preparation and deposition methods of HTLs. Strategies of doping, composite/hybrid formation, and modifications have also tuned the optical/electrical properties of these materials as HTLs to obtain efficient and stable OSCs. We highlighted the impact of structure, composition, and processing conditions of inorganic and organic materials as HTLs in conventional and inverted OSCs.

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Section: Hole-transporting Materials As Htls In Oscsmentioning

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“…Nanomaterials have been utilized in innumerable applications due to their unique characteristics. Novel, successful applications of nanomaterials and nanostructures can be seen in drug delivery [1][2][3][4][5][6], nanomedicine [7][8][9][10], food packaging [11][12][13], aseptic procedures [14][15][16], correlative microscopy [17], imaging [18][19][20][21][22], optics [23,24], microelectronics [25][26][27], three dimensional (3D) printing [27][28][29][30][31], renewable energy [32][33][34][35][36], wastewater remediation [37,38], and catalysis [39][40][41][42][43], to name a few. The success of nanotechnology has been established and the promising outcomes cannot be overlooked; however, the main principles behind the production of nanomaterials are yet to be examined more closely in terms of economy as well as effects on health and environment.…”

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A review on the green and sustainable synthesis of silver nanoparticles and one-dimensional silver nanostructures

Kaabipour¹,

Hemmati²

2021

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.

107

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The significance of silver nanostructures has been growing considerably, thanks to their ubiquitous presence in numerous applications, including but not limited to renewable energy, electronics, biosensors, wastewater treatment, medicine, and clinical equipment. The properties of silver nanostructures, such as size, size distribution, and morphology, are strongly dependent on synthesis process conditions such as the process type, equipment type, reagent type, precursor concentration, temperature, process duration, and pH. Physical and chemical methods have been among the most common methods to synthesize silver nanostructures; however, they possess substantial disadvantages and short-comings, especially compared to green synthesis methods. On the contrary, the number of green synthesis techniques has been increasing during the last decade and they have emerged as alternative routes towards facile and effective synthesis of silver nanostructures with different morphologies. In this review, we have initially outlined the most common and popular chemical and physical methodologies and reviewed their advantages and disadvantages. Green synthesis methodologies are then discussed in detail and their advantages over chemical and physical methods have been noted. Recent studies are then reviewed in detail and the effects of essential reaction parameters, such as temperature, pH, precursor, and reagent concentration, on silver nanostructure size and morphology are discussed. Also, green synthesis techniques used for the synthesis of one-dimensional (1D) silver nanostructures have been reviewed, and the potential of alternative green reagents for their synthesis has been discussed. Furthermore, current challenges regarding the green synthesis of 1D silver nanostructures and future direction are outlined. To sum up, we aim to show the real potential of green nanotechnology towards the synthesis of silver nanostructures with various morphologies (especially 1D ones) and the possibility of altering current techniques towards more environmentally friendly, more energy-efficient, less hazardous, simpler, and cheaper procedures.

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“…It has been successfully used as a hole-collecting and electron-blocking layer in dye-sensitized solar cells and organic solar cells. Compared with organic hole materials, NiO-based devices show better stability and comparable conversion efficiency [7]. Compared with TiO 2 , ZnO has a close band structure and higher electron mobility, which is 100 times that of TiO 2 [8].…”

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Investigation on the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells Based on All-oxide Charge Transport Layers

Xiao¹,

Zhong²,

Ou³

et al. 2020

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A perovskite solar cell with NiO and ZnO as charge transport layers was successfully fabricated. Intramolecular exchange technology was used to improve the morphology of CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 thin films. Doping was used to improve the conductivity of the NiO layer. X-ray diffractometer and scanning electron microscopy were used to analyze CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 thin films. A solar simulator with a digital source meter and quantum efficiency measurement system were used to test devices performance. The perovskite solar cells with FTO/p-NiO/CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 /n-ZnO/Ag structure, have optimal PCE of 11.02% and long-term stability at 25 °C and 30 ± 2% humidity. This provides the possibility for the application of perovskite solar cells in the atmospheric environment.

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Enhancing the performance of polymer solar cells using solution-processed copper doped nickel oxide nanoparticles as hole transport layer

Cited by 45 publications

References 53 publications

Recent Advances in Hole-Transporting Layers for Organic Solar Cells

Recent Advances in Hole-Transporting Layers for Organic Solar Cells

A review on the green and sustainable synthesis of silver nanoparticles and one-dimensional silver nanostructures

Investigation on the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells Based on All-oxide Charge Transport Layers

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