Simultaneous multilayer formation of the polymer solar cell stack using roll-to-roll double slot-die coating from water

Larsen-Olsen, Thue Trofod; Andreasen, Birgitta; Andersen, Thomas Rieks; Böttiger, Arvid P.L.; Bundgaard, Eva; Norrman, Kion; Andreasen, Jens Wenzel; Jørgensen, Mikkel; Krebs, Frederik C.

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2011.08.026

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“…13 Among the more specialized coating procedures used for R2R OPV fabrications can be mentioned double-slot-die coating, introduced in organic solar cells by Larsen-Olsen et al in order to approach a further increase in the production throughput by simultaneous deposition of several layers of the solar cell stack. 91 The double slot-die method illustrated in Figure 9 was used to coat an aqueous suspension of P3HT:PCBM nanoparticles and aqueous PEDOT:PSS at the same time with a processing speed of 1 m/min. Although the solar cells showed a poor performance (PCE of 0.03%) because of the complex bilayer formation process, it demonstrates the potential as a future processing method to lower the energy payback time of organic solar cells.…”

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Roll‐to‐Roll fabrication of large area functional organic materials

Søndergaard

Hösel

Krebs

2012

J Polym Sci B Polym Phys

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With the prospect of extremely fast manufacture of very low cost devices, organic electronics prepared by thin film processing techniques that are compatible with roll-toroll (R2R) methods are presently receiving an increasing interest. Several technologies using organic thin films are at the point, where transfer from the laboratory to a more production-oriented environment is within reach. In this review, we aim at giving an overview of some of the R2R-compatible techniques that can be used in such a transfer, as well the current status of R2R application within some of the existing research fields such as organic photovoltaics, organic thin film transistors, light-emitting diodes, polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, and electrochromic devices.

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Roll‐to‐Roll fabrication of large area functional organic materials

Søndergaard

Hösel

Krebs

2012

J Polym Sci B Polym Phys

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“…The miniemulsion technique [29] retains the donor/acceptor phase segregation achieved at the synthesis step regardless of the deposition solvent evaporation time or film processing method. This technique was previously utilized for synthesis of blends of polyfluorenes [30,31] and poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT): phenyl-C 61 -butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) nanoparticles [32] deposited by blade coating achieving PCEs of 0.29% [33] and 0.55% [34]. Solar cells based on spin coated blend nanoparticles of P3HT and the fullerene indene-C 60 -bisadduct (ICBA) resulted in power conversion efficiency of 2.50% [35].…”

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Charge transport model for photovoltaic devices based on printed polymer: Fullerene nanoparticles

Yamamoto

Payne

Koehler

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Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

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a b s t r a c tThe electrical transport properties of films derived from aqueous semiconducting nanoparticle are fully described by a phenomenological model that relates intrinsic film morphology to photovoltaic response. The model is applied to a new bulk heterojunction blend, composed of organic semiconducting nanoparticles formed from the polymer donor poly[{2,6-(4,8-didodecylbenzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene)}-alt-{5,5-(2,5-bis(2-butyloctyl)-3,6-dithiophen-2-yl-2,5dihydropyrrolo[3,4-c]57pyrrole-1,4-dione)}] (P(TBT-DPP)) and the fullerene indene-C 60 -bisadduct (ICBA) synthesized by the miniemulsion method. The nanoparticle inks are printed from an aqueous dispersion onto flexible ITO-free substrates yielding power conversion efficiency of 2.6%.

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“…More importantly, the nanoparticulate structure offers the opportunity to control the semi-conducting polymer and blend morphology on the nanoscale [3,4]. Consequently, NP organic thin films are increasingly finding application in areas such as thin film transistors [5], light-emitting diodes [6], and in particular photovoltaics [7,8] where roll to roll printing of NP OPV devices has been demonstrated [9,10] and power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of up to 2.5% have already been achieved for small area devices [11].…”

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The effect of mesomorphology upon the performance of nanoparticulate organic photovoltaic devices

Dam

Holmes

Andersen

et al. 2015

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

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a b s t r a c tScanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) compositional mapping has been used to probe the mesomorphology of nanoparticles (NPs) synthesized from two very different polymer:fullerene blends: poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT): phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) and poly[4,8-bis(2-ethylhexyloxy)benzo(1,2-b:4,5-b′)dithiophene-alt-5, 6-bis(octyloxy)-4,7-di(thiophen-2-yl)(2,1,3-benzothiadiazole)-5,5′-diyl] (PSBTBT): PCBM. The STXM data shows that both blends form core-shell NP structures with similar shell compositions, but with different polymer:fullerene ratios in the core regions. P3HT:PCBM and PSBTBT:PCBM NP organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices have been fabricated and exhibit similar device efficiencies, despite the PSBTBT being a much higher performing low band gap material. By comparing the measured NP shell and core compositions with the optimized bulk heterojunction (BHJ) compositions, we show that the relatively higher performance of the P3HT:PCBM NP device arises from the fact that its shell composition is much closer to the optimal BHJ value than that of the PSBTBT:PCBM NP device.Crown

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Simultaneous multilayer formation of the polymer solar cell stack using roll-to-roll double slot-die coating from water

Cited by 100 publications

References 10 publications

Roll‐to‐Roll fabrication of large area functional organic materials

Roll‐to‐Roll fabrication of large area functional organic materials

Charge transport model for photovoltaic devices based on printed polymer: Fullerene nanoparticles

The effect of mesomorphology upon the performance of nanoparticulate organic photovoltaic devices

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