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Enhanced lifetime of Organic Photovoltaic diodes achieved by blending with PMMA: Impact of morphology and Donor:Acceptor combination

Nieto-Díaz, Balder A.; Pearson, Christopher; Al-Busaidi, Zakiya; Bowen, Leon; Petty, Michael C.; Groves, Christopher

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Authors

Christopher Pearson

Zakiya Al-Busaidi

Leon Bowen leon.bowen@durham.ac.uk
Senior Manager (Electron Microscopy)

Michael C. Petty



Abstract

In order to realise the potential of organic photovoltaic devices (OPVs) to provide cheap, scalable access to renewable energy, it is necessary to improve their lifetime and cost of encapsulation. The aim of this work is to achieve these aims by blending the donor and acceptor with the commodity polymer, PMMA, to form a ternary blend device with enhanced lifetime. We find that ternary OPV devices prepared in this manner can have up to double the lifetime of the binary control devices to an extent that depends upon the PMMA morphology and the processing additives used. Further, we find that the initial performance of ternary OPVs may decrease (in the case of PTB7-based blends) or slightly increase (in the case of P3HT-based blends) when compared to their binary counterparts, which is hypothesised to be due to donor compatibility with the PMMA. These findings suggest that this approach can be employed in other OPV blend systems and give design rules to maximise the positive impact on device lifetime.

Citation

Nieto-Díaz, B. A., Pearson, C., Al-Busaidi, Z., Bowen, L., Petty, M. C., & Groves, C. (2021). Enhanced lifetime of Organic Photovoltaic diodes achieved by blending with PMMA: Impact of morphology and Donor:Acceptor combination. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 219, Article 110765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110765

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 20, 2020
Online Publication Date Sep 7, 2020
Publication Date 2021-01
Deposit Date Sep 1, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Print ISSN 0927-0248
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 219
Article Number 110765
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110765

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