17% Efficient Organic Solar Cells Based on Liquid Exfoliated WS2 as a Replacement for PEDOT:PSS
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Lin, Yuanbao
Adilbekova, Begimai

Firdaus, Yuliar

Yengel, Emre

Faber, Hendrik

Sajjad, Muhammad
Zheng, Xiaopeng
Yarali, Emre

Seitkhan, Akmaral

Bakr, Osman

El Labban, Abdulrahman

Schwingenschlögl, Udo

Tung, Vincent

McCulloch, Iain

Laquai, Frédéric

Anthopoulos, Thomas D.

KAUST Department
Chemical Science ProgramComputational Physics and Materials Science (CPMS)
Functional Nanomaterials Lab (FuNL)
KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
KAUST Solar Center (KSC)
Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
KAUST Grant Number
Award No. OSR-2018-CARF/CCF-3079.Date
2019-09-30Embargo End Date
2020-10-01Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/658572
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The application of liquid-exfoliated 2D transition metal disulfides (TMDs) as the hole transport layers (HTLs) in nonfullerene-based organic solar cells is reported. It is shown that solution processing of few-layer WS2 or MoS2 suspensions directly onto transparent indium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes changes their work function without the need for any further treatment. HTLs comprising WS2 are found to exhibit higher uniformity on ITO than those of MoS2 and consistently yield solar cells with superior power conversion efficiency (PCE), improved fill factor (FF), enhanced short-circuit current (JSC), and lower series resistance than devices based on poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) and MoS2. Cells based on the ternary bulk-heterojunction PBDB-T-2F:Y6:PC71BM with WS2 as the HTL exhibit the highest PCE of 17%, with an FF of 78%, open-circuit voltage of 0.84 V, and a JSC of 26 mA cm−2. Analysis of the cells' optical and carrier recombination characteristics indicates that the enhanced performance is most likely attributed to a combination of favorable photonic structure and reduced bimolecular recombination losses in WS2-based cells. The achieved PCE is the highest reported to date for organic solar cells comprised of 2D charge transport interlayers and highlights the potential of TMDs as inexpensive HTLs for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics.Citation
Lin, Y., Adilbekova, B., Firdaus, Y., Yengel, E., Faber, H., Sajjad, M., … Anthopoulos, T. D. (2019). 17% Efficient Organic Solar Cells Based on Liquid Exfoliated WS2 as a Replacement for PEDOT:PSS. Advanced Materials, 1902965. doi:10.1002/adma.201902965Sponsors
This publication is based upon work supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) under Award No. OSR-2018-CARF/CCF-3079.Publisher
WileyJournal
Advanced MaterialsAdditional Links
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201902965ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1002/adma.201902965