Polymer solar cells with a TiO₂:Ag layer

Abstract

Photovoltaic (PV) polymer solar cells with Ag and titanium dioxide were fabricated to improve the PV performance by increasing the amount of Ag in TiO 2 (by 3, 5, 7, and 10%). Sol-gel method was used to obtain amorphous or crystalline form of titanium dioxide layers. The solar cells with poly(3-hexylthiophene) and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester active layer in two various positions of titanium dioxide in device were tested. Higher PV performance was received by introducing TiO 2 with 5% of Ag between ITO and PEDOT:PSS in device and by heating the layer at 130°C. The viscosity of applied PEDOT:PSS strongly influences the values of power conversion efficiency of the constructed polymer devices with titanium dioxide.

Silver Nanoparticles in PEDOT:PSS Layer for Polymer Solar Cell Application

“…It is known that several techniques such as inclusion of periodic nanostructures, diffraction gratings, metallic nanoparticles, or combination of NPs and gratings are proposed [14]. NPs in OSCs can be tested in HTL, active layer or on the layer [e.g., [15][16][17][18][19]]. In this work, we presented influence of amount of silver nanoparticles in PEDOT:PSS layer on the performance of BHJ polymer solar cells based on poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) as a donor and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) as an acceptor.…”

Modern Nanocomposites and Hybrids as Electrode Materials Used in Energy Carriers

“…In turn, the fourth generation cells are mostly organic groups, including polymers, chemically modified oxide graphene, nanotubes, TiO x or ZnO [ 206 , 207 ]. Work on the development of polymer photovoltaics, which was carried out in Wrocław (Poland), aimed at the construction and characteristics of photovoltaic cellular polymer cells, both on the substrate rigid as well as flexible, containing polymer rye of various chemical structure, fullerene derivatives (PCBM—[6,6]-phenyl-C 61 -butyric acid methyl ester, PC 71 BM—[6,6]-phenyl-C 71 -butyric acid methyl ester), as well as graphene oxide, nanotubes, TiO 2 , Ag, and liquid crystals [ 208 , 209 , 210 , 211 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 215 , 216 , 217 , 218 , 219 , 220 , 221 ]. Details of the mechanism of action and type of organic photovoltaic cells is discussed in the publication [ 206 , 222 ].…”

An anode catalyst support for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: application of organically modified titanium and silicon dioxide

“…TiO 2 is a well-known semiconductor and photo-catalyst with good optical properties, capable of transferring protons across its crystal lattice. [29][30][31] Relevant results were found in case of samples modied by TiO 2 -SiO 2 -VTMS, however the process that lead to the resistance mitigation is more complex. FC_TS100 and FC_TS200 with double concentration of modifying agent are characterized by similar transport resistance of 3.16 and 3.08 U cm 2 .…”