Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate films with low conductivity and low acidity through a treatment of their solutions with probe ultrasonication and their application as hole transport layer in polymer solar cells and perovskite solar cells

Shupeng Zhang; Zhimeng Yu; Pengcheng Li; Bichen Li; Furkan Halis Isikgor; Donghe Du; Kuan Sun; Yijie Xia; Jianyong Ouyang

doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2016.02.024

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate films with low conductivity and low acidity through a treatment of their solutions with probe ultrasonication and their application as hole transport layer in polymer solar cells and perovskite solar cells

Shupeng Zhang, Zhimeng Yu, Pengcheng Li, Bichen Li, Furkan Halis Isikgor, Donghe Du, Kuan Sun^*, Yijie Xia, Jianyong Ouyang

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Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) has been widely used as the hole transport material in optoelectronic devices. To avoid the cross talk among different crossbars, PEDOT:PSS with low conductivity is required. It thus has a high loading of the non-conductive PSSH. The PSSH-to-PEDOT weight ratio is 6 for Clevios P VP Al 4083 that is the most popular polymer as the hole transport layer. However, the acidic PSSH brings severe problems to the device stability and performance. Here, PEDOT:PSS solutions with low acidity can be prepared through a facile treatment of PEDOT:PSS solution by probe ultrasonication. Two grades of PEDOT:PSS, Clevios PH1000 and Clevios P, with a PSSH-to-PEDOT weight ratio of 2.5 were treated by probe ultrasonication. The ultrasonication can lower the viscosity and the colloidal sizes of PEDOT:PSS solutions and conductivity of PEDOT:PSS films. The pH value of probe-ultrasonicated Clevios P was 2.12, higher than that (1.77) of pristine Clevios P VP Al 4083. The ultrasonication-treated PEDOT:PSS solutions were used as hole transport layer in polymer solar cells and perovskite solar cells. The photovoltaic performances of these solar cells are comparable to that of control devices employing Clevios P VP Al 4083 PEDOT:PSS as the hole transport layer.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	149-156
Number of pages	8
Journal	Organic Electronics
Volume	32
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2016.02.024
State	Published - May 1 2016

Keywords

Acidity
PEDOT:PSS
Perovskite solar cells
Polymer solar cells
Ultrasonication

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Zhang, S., Yu, Z., Li, P., Li, B., Isikgor, F. H., Du, D., Sun, K., Xia, Y., & Ouyang, J. (2016). Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate films with low conductivity and low acidity through a treatment of their solutions with probe ultrasonication and their application as hole transport layer in polymer solar cells and perovskite solar cells. Organic Electronics, 32, 149-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2016.02.024

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Zhang S, Yu Z, Li P, Li B, Isikgor FH, Du D et al. Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate films with low conductivity and low acidity through a treatment of their solutions with probe ultrasonication and their application as hole transport layer in polymer solar cells and perovskite solar cells. Organic Electronics. 2016 May 1;32:149-156. doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2016.02.024

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate films with low conductivity and low acidity through a treatment of their solutions with probe ultrasonication and their application as hole transport layer in polymer solar cells and perovskite solar cells

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