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UV-Cured TiO2 Electron Transport Layer for Printable Solar Cells
HEINRICHOVÁ, P.; DZIK, P.; TKACZ, J.; VALA, M.; WEITER, M.
Original Title
UV-Cured TiO2 Electron Transport Layer for Printable Solar Cells
English Title
UV-Cured TiO2 Electron Transport Layer for Printable Solar Cells
Type
WoS Article
Original Abstract
This article is focused on the development of new formulations of inks for printed electron transport layers based on titanium oxide. The electron transport layers were prepared from a suspension consisting of titania nanoparticles and a novel organo-silica binder. The layers are post-processed by low temperature UV curing instead of thermal annealing. The UV-cured TiO2 layers were applied in inverted-structure organic bulk heterojunction solar cells with the active layer from a PCDTBT:PC60BM blend. These devices achieved a power conversion efficiency comparable to devices with TiO2 layers prepared by the common sol-gel process relying on high-temperature calcination. Thus the novel UV curable TiO2 formulation is promising as printable electron transport layers for flexible devices, which are not compatible with thermal processing.
English abstract
This article is focused on the development of new formulations of inks for printed electron transport layers based on titanium oxide. The electron transport layers were prepared from a suspension consisting of titania nanoparticles and a novel organo-silica binder. The layers are post-processed by low temperature UV curing instead of thermal annealing. The UV-cured TiO2 layers were applied in inverted-structure organic bulk heterojunction solar cells with the active layer from a PCDTBT:PC60BM blend. These devices achieved a power conversion efficiency comparable to devices with TiO2 layers prepared by the common sol-gel process relying on high-temperature calcination. Thus the novel UV curable TiO2 formulation is promising as printable electron transport layers for flexible devices, which are not compatible with thermal processing.
Keywords
Organic solar cells, TiO2, electron transport layer, printable electronics
Key words in English
Organic solar cells, TiO2, electron transport layer, printable electronics
Authors
HEINRICHOVÁ, P.; DZIK, P.; TKACZ, J.; VALA, M.; WEITER, M.
RIV year
2017
Released
29.06.2016
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Location
United Kingdom of Great Britain
ISBN
2046-2069
Periodical
RSC Advances
Number
6
State
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Pages from
66705
Pages to
66711
Pages count
7
URL
BibTex
@article{BUT126421,
author="Patricie {Heinrichová} and Petr {Dzik} and Jakub {Tkacz} and Martin {Vala} and Martin {Weiter}",
title="UV-Cured TiO2 Electron Transport Layer for Printable Solar Cells",
journal="RSC Advances",
year="2016",
number="6",
pages="66705--66711",
doi="10.1039/C6RA09357D",
issn="2046-2069",
url="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/RA/C6RA09357D#!divAbstract"
}